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by pnw 38 days ago
China's problems with PFAS are substantially worse than the US.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398603137_Global_in...
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deaux 38 days ago
I'm sure they are, as I imagine they produce magnitudes more of it. Doesn't change anything about the balance of powers though.
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casey2 38 days ago
The difference is that when China actually cracks down things change relatively quickly. In 10 years this group [1] will be lower than in the US

[1] https://www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj.s771

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victorbjorklund 38 days ago
Yea, when the communist party thinks an industry should change it changes in the way the communist party says. Of course it is often not without side-effects.
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expedition32 38 days ago
China is tightening regulations and trying to clean up their country.

Trump is waging war on the EPA.

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