[Skunk]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis : If you think the EU has higher standards than the US, you've got your wires crossed. Now, I'm not too versed in the labor differences, but on the environmental side, say what you will, but we've got the strictest standards there are. You guys don't even have a CERCLA/Superfund analog as far as I can tell

Considering that the Cercla fund was set up to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites (there are **NONE** in the EU) and provide a fund in case that liability could not be confirmed, it would be pointless to have such a fund.

This is not a control - it is firefighting an existing US problem - one not shared by the EU.

If you want REAL environmental controls, take a look at the EU's Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals legislation (effective 01/01/2004) - which puts the emphasis on industry to PROVE FIRST that their products are safe (both for the environment and user) rather than the other way around (as is the case in the US), and attempts to remove the most hazardous chemicals out of production.


[ 02-20-2004, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: Skunk ]