Hello signalmankenneth,
Great thread, thanks:
The chem industry pretty much has free reign to unleash new possibly dangerous products with very little oversight. They went to school on what happened to big tobacco and began huge political funding campaigns on both sides of the isle.
Corruption is as corruption does.
The chemical industry is what gives you plastics, computer equipment, clean drinking water, cleaner air coming from coal plants, methods of cleaning up oil spills at sea, paper, improved food supply through the use of fertilizers and pesticides, better health through medicines, more efficient use of hydrocarbons such as oil and natural gas, car batteries, lithium batteries, display screens that are more efficient than the old cathode ray tubes, catalytic converters, post it notes, marker pens, better lubrication products, paints for practically any purpose and color in the rainbow, insulation for modern electronics and electrical systems, stained glass, harder steel, stronger and lighter alloys, cleansers, adhesives, sealants, thermal insulation products, structural foam for anything from aircraft to store signs, carbon dioxide for sodas, liquified gasses for welding and special applications, ceramics for firebrick, dishware, and pots, non-stick coatings, water softeners, better concrete and asphalt products, fireworks, explosives, quieter and more durable tires for our cars, and of course the chemicals used to manufacture the computer chips you are using right now to say stupid things like this.