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This still reads like a failure of governance to me.

It’s up to Chemours whether to hold themselves responsible for not meeting their internal guidelines (from what I read here they did/do). Of course it’s less than ideal they keep everything silent but their incentives probably point them that way.

If the government also knew, and chose not to do anything (and indeed, apparently wrote that it’s not financially feasible), then that’s a fault of government. The company won’t close itself if what they’re doing is morally dubious but legally perfectly fine (especially the people working at that location have a great incentive to not make waves, even if they’re the ones drinking the water).




> Of course it’s less than ideal they keep everything silent but their incentives probably point them that way.

> The company won’t close itself if what they’re doing is morally dubious but legally perfectly fine

It always surprises me that society has been programmed to accept morally-dubious practices that are legal as something inevitable, that a company can use that as a cop out. Perhaps amoral capitalism isn't a great system for society, and needs some reform to stop fucking people's lives for economical/financial gains...


> morally-dubious practices that are legal as something inevitable

I think I stopped believing that there was any changing this around age 30 or so. You can only see so much of it before it just becomes the default assumption.

Then there’s these times in your life when you do the right thing and are consistently punished for it… I can see why people would stop caring.




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