Do you trust privately owned chemical and hazardous material plants to self monitor safety?

[BigmanPigman]

If you say ,"Yes" than you probably believe in unicorns.

Damn those fucking federal government regulations. We will take care of safety issues, trust us!

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Are you kidding?! No way!!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. History is full of failed self Monitored events.

[a kennedy]

3. Ah, NO. eom

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. Speaking as a Ph.D. chemical engineer with significant experience in this area, I would answer

not just no, but HELL no!

These private concerns are not altruistic or socially/ecologically responsible in the least. They exist, as do almost all US corporate interests, for SHORT TERM profits, and to hell with what might happen in coming fiscal years!

[politicat]

5. I don't trust restaurants and convenience stores to monitor themselves.

We build and maintain departments of health and departments of weights and measures and the National Institute of Standards and Technology because the profit motive can conflict with safety and honesty. Humans are fallible.

Why anyone would trust a chemical/hazmat producer to behave better than their local sandwich shop or gas station is beyond me.

[2naSalit]

6. Nope. nt

[Blue_true]

7. No. Because we get holding the bag when they take shortcuts and something goes wrong.

The plant in Texas had a chemical stored that needed to be kept below a specific temperature. There should have been numerous requirements like a backup power system that was capable of maintaining temperature in certain areas for up to 72 hours non stop, and the backup system should have been built to be fail safe and not affected by natural events that took out the main power, and the system should have been tested and certified regularly.