The unhealthy emphasis on economics

摘要

In June, I attended the European Commission’s workshop in Brussels on the strategy for a non-toxic environment, part of the 7th Environment Action Programme (7EAP). Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, discussions focused on finding economically sustainable strategies for substituting chemicals of concern. At the workshop, some speakers invited participants to leave the past behind and think of the future in terms of innovative chemical substitution and its financial implications.