Deregulate!

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There are threats out there that are orders of magnitude more deadly than terrorism but they are only met with denial as action is stifled by mantra's like regulation stifles the economy and government is not the solution, it's the problem. That is, the usual stuff from right-wingers. Take the plastics danger (see previous entry), or this:

Worldwide, air pollution caused 4.2m deaths in 2015, a 7.5 per cent jump from a decade earlier. Toxic air now kills almost as many people as high cholesterol and even more than excessive salt or being overweight, according to the study.  “There is a growing worldwide consensus — among the World Health Organization, World Bank, International Energy Agency and others — that air pollution poses a major global public health challenge,” said Robert O’Keefe, HEI vice-president. “Nowhere is that risk more evident than in the rapidly growing economies of Asia.”

India air pollution deaths poised to exceed China’s