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Well I can certainly say one thing, thanks to EU regulation I don't have to eat chlorinated chicken, the air is clean and I have reasonable working hours and holiday protected by law. You seem to suggest that regulation is always bad, I think a lot of people would disagree.

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> Well I can certainly say one thing, thanks to EU regulation I don't have to eat chlorinated chicken, the air is clean

well, if you completely ignore that the EU pushed diesel over petrol, to protect its domestic industries

exactly the same as the chicken thing

neither are to protect your health, that's just a secondary effect that the EU uses for PR

Comparing chlorinated chicken to diesel is just insane.

you're possibly right

diesel particulate emissions as a direct result of the EU legislation protecting EU industry cause about tens of thousands of deaths a year, mostly in Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/diesel-e...

meanwhile chlorinated chicken has killed no-one

I visited the UK and the first thing I noticed when I was walking around the cities and towns as how much they stunk of diesel. Air quality made even the worst of US cities look good..

That is from old diesel cars. They are getting banned from cities.

Not sure, if anywhere other than London is moving away really. Especially considering bad public transport outside London, many people has to stick driving to city centres with cheap diesels. My manager was paying £30 road tax for his old diesel whereas my ULEZ compliant car costs above £330.

You're right -- diesel is at least a million times more harmful

No. Diesel, compared to petrol, is worst for short-term air pollution and better for CO2 emissions. And, ultimately, climate change is the biggest danger.

The latter two are perhaps good for employees but are definitely a problem for startup founders who need everyone to give 110% of the company is to survive at all.

As for chlorinated chicken, the EU likes to come up with bogus safety issues to protect French farmers, this is no news. It also has banned GM food, although the health problems Americans have aren't related to chlorinated chicken nor GM foods. The air one has been tackled by others already.

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