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Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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I wonder why the EPA is being gutted. Their ability to enforce regulations stripped (potentially soon) by the partisan, Federalist Society Supreme Cunt, ah sorry I meant to say court.
So that corps like this can operate in a way that harms us all. What the folks that run these companies don't get is that we are harming the environment, yes, but also humans ARE the environment. Including them and their families! Such shortsightedness.
The blood that flows through your veins is produced by water and minerals you consume through food, food that comes from animals and plants living in these areas and areas like them, animals that eat plants full of these pollutants watered by water full of the very same.
So in a (very direct) way, when corpo cunts dump toxic output into rivers, they're dumping it right into your veins.
HUMANS ARE THE ENVIRONMENT, WE ARE NOT SEPARATE FROM IT.
So next time you hear someone joking about environmental regulations, remember they are playing games with your body.
Gee, I wonder why cancer in young persons is booming. Well, at least we have adequa healthcare, not like we're just draining peoples' life savings for harm caused by this and things like this, right. Right?
Smh.
But hey, go out and look at the beautiful algae blooms this year. Not that we have a choice.
Two words: Chevron Deference. Forty years ago, SCOTUS ruled that a court defers to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, as long as the judge finds the interpretation to be reasonable.
Basically, Chevron said, “Trust us, what we’re doing is ok. We should know, because we’re experts in this field.” and the Supreme Court agreed. So now if the EPA brings up a corporation on charges, the corporation is its own expert witness in court.
YOUR veins, not THEIRS.
You don't get to become a CEO by remembering the human. Hate the playa, but even more so hate the game.
You're right, I'm certain that is their perspective. But I also believe they overestimate their ability to avoid the damage they are causing. Everything is interwoven.
What I see of management styles today is "make a plan". Period. End of sentence. End of matter. End of discussion. Short-term thinking is the only type of thinking allowed. Want to do more? You're fired, and replaced with someone who will be more of a "team player". Even/especially the CEO, by the Board. i.e., you are overestimating their willingness & capacity to think beyond their greed - YOU (& I/we) see that, but they ~~don't~~ won't.
You don't have to give Tyson food your money. I don't.
Eating meat is not only abhorrent morally, its also abhorrent environmentally.
It’s funny that you think that you’re free from Tyson as a vegan or vegetarian, since they are leading producers of corn and soy in the US as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Foods
That's probably overwhelmingly animal feed. I'm from a farming family, and you would be surprised at how much of that ocean of corn is feed corn.
Unfortunately Raised and Rooted plant 'meat' is owned by Tyson. So vegetarians have to avoid Tyson too.
Good point. Thanks for your insight.
Still way better than eating meat. Never let perfection be the enemy of good and purity tests are only for the infantile mind.
The world is a mess. Do better.
The topic is Tyson Foods. You claimed that you don’t give them your money. If you live in the US, unless you live exclusively off of your own garden, I’m saying that’s unlikely.
So which version of your self-aggrandizing babble do we go by? Or are you trying to say that you have an infantile mind yourself?
Edit: derp, derp, derp
Nah, just quoting you describing you match what you described in your next comment as infantile 🤷
I'm very confused.. I may have responded to the wrong comment
Yeah, looks like it! And I thought you were the infantile one from before at first lol, so the mistake is mutual 😄
I don’t know man. You moved that goal post so fast you might have scored a point on yourself.