[Green_man]

Well, the American public is an outlier when compared to many other democracies in other ways as well, in general I'd guess they'd view environmental/health regulations less favorably than most other developed nations. "Just don't lick the walls lol" is something I've heard regarding lead paint here in America, which sounds insane to me, but it's the insanity of democracy, not anything else.

[shmerl]

What it tells me is that the successful corporate lobbying against it is an outlier, meaning that in US it is a problem. No one in their right mind (unless those corrupt who profit from it) would be against such ban.

Lack of understanding the issue could be an exploited factor too. See also articles that point out how asbestos companies knew about problems for decades and hid the facts.

[Green_man]

right but corporate lobbying isn't the only way in which America is unique. Concerns about concealed research results could be very true, but that's an entirely different question than corporate lobbying. My position isn't that companies don't do anything wrong or aren't trying to influence policy, I'm just skeptical how successful political donations are at subverting democracy.

[shmerl]

In my opinion they are way too influential. Take a look at corporate sponsored laws that try to ban ISP competition and community / municipal broadband. Correlation between presence of such laws and corporate backing is very clear.