[qwerasdf5]

I see you used the word 'when' instead of 'if'. Are you from the future? How do you know this?

[Hikikomori]

Sure, proof might never overwhelm corporate power and politics and people will be exposed to something bad forever.

[qwerasdf5]

Sorry, that's not what I meant. What I mean is: You are predicting that the overwhelming proof will ever exist.

This prediction may turn out to be true, but why should I believe your prediction over that of anyone else's? Do you have some insider knowledge or expertise that you can share?

Edit: Also, what do you give the odds of your prediction, by severity of outcome? I want to see how the odds you provide stack up against the economic and thus social consequences of under-regulation or over-regulation.

[Hikikomori]

About pfas? I dont know. Wasn't commenting about that specifically, just how bad our system works in general.

[forgetfreeman]

I hear what you're saying but foundationally this is a bullshit argument. The entire debate evaporates if you simply shift the burden of proof where it belongs and state that Things must comprehensively prove their safety before being released onto the market or otherwise into the wild.