No, they didn’t “make a mistake;” they made a calculated financial decision. And it should never have been only a “recommendation” to begin with. The safety agency should have been empowered from the beginning to shut it down until corrections were made. nytimes.com/2021/05/05/busin…
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This is what is meant by “agency capture.”Safety agencies overseeing products, food etc. have been consistently disempowered over last few decades. They can only make polite “recommendations,” w/ less power now to actually take things off the shelves - & people die because of it.
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No it should not. That’s one of the reasons we have a government. Government agencies exist to look out for the welfare of consumers, not just make it easier for businesses. That’s why safety regulations exist. How could an individual consumer know the Pelatron was dangerous?

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