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Nostralian 2y ago

The Australian government has apologised for allowing Thalidomide to be widely used by pregnant women, causing horrendous problems for children.

My dad also remembers going to the local pool as a kid and getting sprayed with DDT.

To think they are still not allowing this to happen, using us as guinea pigs and making money with the companies that make these 'totally safe' products is impossible. In their minds we are still their serfs, toiling away for them.

#serfsup #grownostr #plebchain #nostriches #irishjail

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-29/prime-minister-apologises-for-thalidomide-poisoning/103163990

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Low Information Voter 2y ago

"I was only following Regulations". Valid defence in all but the most egregious circumstances.

The reason Big Government creates agencies like the TGA and EPA isn't to protect us consumers from crooks.

Its to protect (well connected) crooks against being sued by consumers in (possibly sympathetic) courts. Consumers using old-style Common Law Torts - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_tort_law

Almost anything bad can be actioned as a Tort, and was, before the Administrative State started to encroach, protecting the guilty while showboating and concern-trolling.