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		AtlasBarfed on Sept 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Don’t Like Our Underground House And the US only bans things after the company that profits from them finally is beaten after decades of political lobbying and judicial precedent. See: CFCs, Dioxin, Asbestos, Global Warming, Glycophoshate, Neonicotinoids, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

MrBuddyCasino on Sept 17, 2020 [–]

The stories of US companies knowingly and psychopathically killing people just to make a dollar are hard to comprehend.

Its like slowly dropping bricks on people’s heads, destroying one life after the other, for literal decades. With rarely any consequences for the decision makers.

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