There is good environmentalism and there is bad environmentalism: The first is driven by science and achieves meaningful results that improve public health and the state of the planet; the second is driven by fear and creates the illusion of action.
Perhaps the great Chinese lead paint toy scandal of 2007 added a frisson of urgency to passing AB 1108 in the Senate recently. But the bill banning chemicals that make vinyl toys like rubber ducks flexible is a classic...
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