One would think that if the American public found out that a home appliance was causing children to potentially develop serious respiratory problems or was leaking chemicals like methane and benzene, these worrisome facts—and they are facts—would become a cause for concern. Recall, for example, the days of “Get the lead out!” sloganeering, which targeted leaded gasoline after the oil companies could no longer actually gaslight the general public about the adverse degenerative effects of airborne lead. Or, previously, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the outrage that followed forced regulators to ban DDT. We once all came together as a planet to reduce the impact of refrigerants
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