Warns that current chemical regulation may repeat past failures with PCBs, framing industrial pollutants as an ongoing, systemic threat
The article extends the PCB case to PFAS, mercury, and microplastics, suggesting a pattern of delayed recognition and long-term harm, implying regulatory complacency toward emerging contaminants.
“We know that PCBs, they were banned about 50 years ago, and yet we're still cleaning them up, and people are still living with their impacts, so it's really just a reminder that the chemicals that we allow into our air and water could become the next generation's forever cleanup problem.”
