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by ai_what
745 days ago
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One of the problems here is that we're essentially chasing the tail on toxic chemicals. When one chemical gets banned, it gets replaced by a slightly different form of the same chemical. When Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) was banned due to its toxicity, it was replaced by other phthalate compounds like Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) or Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP). We then spend years researching the next revision, only to find out it's toxic as well, leading to another ban or regulation and the cycle continuing. Instead of maintaining a blacklist of banned chemicals, maybe we should have a whitelist of chemicals that are allowed to be imported/present in products. The situation is complex though because it's difficult to enforce. |
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