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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:49 AM
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Need some more examples disasters related to free market no regulation or poor regulation
First, we have the financial crisis
The West Virginia mining disaster
the BP/Halliburton oil spill.

I know I am missing a few other important items as well but am drawing a blank right now.

This is for a Letter to the Editor.

Thanks
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no limit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:50 AM
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1. Toyota
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:51 AM
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2. tainted dog food
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:52 AM
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3. ecoli in foods
other food contamination form cancerous containers, crop treatments etc
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:53 AM
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4. hydroxicut, lettuce, spinach what illness was that? vioxx phen phen
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:53 AM
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5. This is my favorite:

1. The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919A 50-foot high tank of sweet syrupy goodness stood over the North End of Boston when the massive steel behemoth burst open on an unusually warm January afternoon and violently drizzled over everything in its path, killing 21 people. The viscous liquid created quite a disturbing sound as it coated two city blocks. A Boston Herald reporter described how the sweet syrup tidal waves created a “muffled roar burst suddenly upon the air.” It also moved quite fast as it slithered through the town into a destructive fist that flipped houses and buildings, knocked over horses as if they were tasty slices of French toast and even smashed an elevated railroad structure “like an eggshell.”
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:59 AM
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12. Certainly the most bizarre one I've ever heard of. nt
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:53 AM
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6. lead and other contaminents in childrens food imported from china
i think there was also a toothpaste thing from china
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:54 AM
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7. lead in children's toys, poisonous sheet rock.
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:55 AM
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8. Chinese drywall
Er, make that anything imported from China.
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PufPuf23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:56 AM
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9. No-bid DoD especially and DoD contracts in general
Unaccounted for, poorly allocated, or cost/benefit insane expenditures.

Criminal acts by mercenaries.

MIC cronyism.

etc
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:58 AM
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10. Recent, or historical?
Edited on Thu May-13-10 11:00 AM by RaleighNCDUer
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, 1911. 146 killed in sweatshop fire.

Imperial Foods processing plant fire, Hamlet NC 1991. 25 killed in plant that escaped inspections for 11 years.

Union Carbide Bophal India disaster, 1984. At least 3800 killed, maybe up to 15,000, in industrial accident.

That's just a start.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:27 AM
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15. Just recent ones - thanks
2001 and on
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William Z. Foster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:59 AM
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11. earth
Earth, third planet out from the sun, is an excellent example of a serious disaster as a result of "free market" capitalism.

I cannot think of one example of anything in our society that has not been destroyed to one degree or another by capitalism, can you?
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Make7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 10:59 AM
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13. California's partial electrical deregulation and Enron. ( n/t )
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:06 AM
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14. 100,000 deaths per year


Each day, 273 people die due to lack of health care in the U.S.



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wizstars Donating Member (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:28 AM
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16. Love Canal! n/t
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wizstars Donating Member (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:29 AM
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17. Also Thalidomide from the early 60s n/t
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newspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 11:46 AM
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18. S&L debacle
The junkbond "scam" that allowed those to use junkbonds, instead of their own assets to hostilely take over companies in the black, rape them and sell them off. Deregulation of energy companies in parts of California (Enron).
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newspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 12:04 PM
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19. also with decreasing employees in the USDA
don't forget the peanut recall and all of the e-coli meat recalls.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 12:28 PM
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20. Toxic toys recall
Lead in children's lunch boxes
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 12:37 PM
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21. Good one on the toys
as that was in the news in the past few years.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 12:42 PM
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23. The lunch box story was 2007.
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2007/09/recalling-lead-lined-chinese-lunch-tote.html

That's just the first source I found. I am sure there are better ones.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 12:38 PM
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22. **NOTE** - I am looking for events from 2001 and onward
only recent events - thanks
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 01:30 PM
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24. Does shitty privately-run airport security on (and prior to) Sept 11, 2001 count..???
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 02:09 PM
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25. That's a good one
didn't realize it was privatized before that.
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 04:31 PM
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26. Cadmium in kids' jewelry. E coli in hamburger and lettuce.
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ItNerd4life Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 04:38 PM
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27. How about pollution - especially in rivers.
Without government regulations, we would live in a cesspool. Ever hear of the time the Chicago river caught fire?
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justabob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 04:59 PM
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28. the peanut factory
Edited on Thu May-13-10 05:01 PM by justabob
I can't remember the company name, but it was in the last couple of years... really disgusting stuff and several people died. I'll see if I can find a link.

edit : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/27/ST2009012703730.html
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