New State restrictions on boots

[Spike elk]

How exactly is banning harmful chemicals sad?

Pick up any package in a store and discover that it causes cancer in CA. What is the cost benefit analysis? Why not let consumers decide? Should ciggs and booze be banned? We know that they contain harmful chemicals? Hell, soda pop contains harmful chemicals. Should we just trust big bro to look out for us? The same people that brought us pain killers, "the jab", terrorists and criminals coming freely across the border, 36 trill in debt, 10 billion $ of war equipment abandoned to the Taliban in Afghanistan, a failure to reasonably foresee the consequence of not being prepared for fires in CA, etc. It is a sad state of affairs that we live in.

 

[Honyock]

I can't believe I survived growing up drinking out of a garden hose.

 

[Jamr]

How exactly is banning harmful chemicals sad?

That was a poor expression of my thoughts. I have no problem banning harmful chemicals. However these states have no problem allowing other harmful chemicals to be sold (see post above) that have very little benefit to people and that may have greater risk to health. It’s hard to take legislation like this serious. May be I am a little jaded or not throughly informed of the risks.

 

[Teodoro]

Rivers I fish are contaminated with PFAS because of decades of manufacturing of high-tech materials and finishes. So I can't say I'm upset about this.

 

[actionshooter]

I can't believe I survived growing up drinking out of a garden hose.

For now.... you do realize your going to die someday right??

 

[cmahoney]

I'm going to buy some new boots this year and in the process of looking at the weight of Lowa Tibet's online, I saw this new restriction on the Lowa website on states they can not ship too:

State Restrictions: As of 1/1/2025, boots containing PFAS cannot be sold to residents of New York, California, and Minnesota.

Not sure what other brands of boots might be affected by this new law but Lowa is a pretty popular and well made boot. Fortunately, this doesn't impact me but I thought I would mention for those it does.

That’s good to see other states taking public safety as seriously as CA.


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[ozyclint]

Meh, been putting up with this for years. Try buying something from USA and have it shipped overseas. 50% of the time they won't ship outside the USA.

It's almost like the USA is the center of the universe and nothing exists outside of it.

 

[Szwampdonkey]

Rivers I fish are contaminated with PFAS because of decades of manufacturing of high-tech materials and finishes. So I can't say I'm upset about this.

What has been the legit bonafide results of said contamination???? Are all the fish and aquatic plants dead? Post some data i’d love to see what this contamination has done in the real world if it has actually had negative consequences.