Raptor1956
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If the web sites are to be believed, the only reason they put lead into TEL was because they could patent it and ensure profits, there were alternatives that did the job just as well.
Business has a long record of putting us at risk while taking our money. Legislation did a pretty good job of reining them in during the late 20th century, but thanks to globalisation I think we've taken a step back to the bad old days.
If you can only be competitive by doing bad things, then bad companies will thrive and the good guys will fall by the wayside.
That, my friend is the beauty of globalization -- you get to pit your workers against the Chinese and Mexican workers and dump regulations that limit pollution etc by saying, rightfully, that the Chinese don't abide by those rules so we need to copy them to compete. As they say ... a race to the bottom.
Brian