Putting the polluter first when it comes to payment

摘要

At the start of 2020,I realise that one current priority was highlighted by author Seth Siegel at last Novem-ber's American Water Summit. He offered a call to arms to expand drinking water protections as further described in his provocative book Troubled Water. Siegel begins with the story of Hoosick Falls, New York, an epicentre for the production of Teflon. I remem-ber our first Teflon frying pans - marve-ling at how food just slid off the surface. This trait, the result of the combination of PFOA chemicals concocted by 3M and Dupont, is now ubiquitous. These chemi-cals are used in cookware, firefighting foam, popcorn bags, fire retardant clothes and countless other products.