Sterilization Services of Virginia last year received a presidential exemption from EPA rules that would have required the company to update its equipment and use a continuous emissions monitoring system. In April, a faulty valve on the roof of its facility in Henrico County emitted more than 500 pounds of carcinogenic ethylene oxide. Residents say they weren’t notified of the release.

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    11 days ago

    America is quickly becoming an excellent playground for rich people to test their ideas thanks to loose laws.

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      10 days ago

      They already have “intellectuals” writing the theories for crazy shit to try, as well as the justifications for it, too.

      See The Sovereign Individual and the scribblings of Curtis Yarvin/Mencius Moldbug for example.

      Or The Unhumans, which seems to think everything bad is caused by communism.