Here in Minnesota, a company that makes lead fishing sinkers

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3. That's a pretty deep topic

This sort of situation is, of course, why federal regulatory agencies exist. This is the nexus formed by public safety, worker safety and environmental concerns, all of which have to be addressed. This is challenging even when our president's cabinet appointees aren't actively trying to dismantle the agencies they currently control. EPA, OSHA, Consumer Products Safety Commission...these are the agencies put in place to protect the people from the one percent...so we don't have melamine in our infant formula.

Edit* We've been going through a similar situation with light bulbs in recent years as changes have been made for efficiency and safety. I am sure that this sent seismic shocks through the industry as each change was adopted and likely a lot of people were put out of work. The changes had to be made regardless of the pain inflicted. I think that has always been our government's general guideline at any rate, to do the least harm. We will certainly have to face difficult choices related to climate change in short order, so, some are going to take it on the chin...probably mostly the poor and disenfranchised.