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U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated

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386 points z991 | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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pixl97 ◴[24 Jun 25 00:46 UTC] No.44361760[source]▶
Save lives?: X

Increase safety?: X

Make more money?: YES

The USCSB makes life safer for everyone in this country, especially people that work around potentially dangerous chemicals and pressurized equipment.

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yongjik ◴[24 Jun 25 01:28 UTC] No.44362002[source]▶
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rectang ◴[24 Jun 25 01:33 UTC] No.44362038[source]▶
It feels that way, but this legislation is ideologically consistent with reducing regulations which constrain companies and force them to take the externalities of their actions into account.
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1. z3c0 ◴[24 Jun 25 02:13 UTC] No.44362278[source]▶
You say "force them" like that's actually going to happen. Historically, companies are terrible at auditing themselves.