[Cross-posted from Red County/Sacramento]
Red County Sacramento had posted previously on SB 1313, the bill by Sen. Ellen Corbett that elevates frivolous and unnecessary legislation to the level of harmfulness. Now, it seems it will be heard tomorrow in the Assembly Health Committee.
If is passes out of committee, it will be proof that no matter how bad an idea, you sell it if you sell it in the name of "health."
As mentioned in the previous post, SB 1313 seeks to shield Californians health from the pernicious effects of perflourinated compounds.
Sounds like something you’d want to be protected from…until you learn what it is" a substance that is integral to making Teflon, food packaging and anything else that needs to not stick to your food.
Compounding the stupidity of Corbett’s bill is there perflourinated compounds present no health risk to the public. SB 1313 represents the triumph of fear and superstition over fact and science.
Unfortunately, this is the sort of policy stupidity that has a negative impact. If it slides into law, it not drives up the cost of that non-stick cookware we all like, but makes food packaging — and therefore, food — more expensive.
Higher food prices impact everyone, but they hit the poor and working class hardest of all. Funny how Democrats are always yammering about their overflowing concern for the poor, yet they’re the ones who push policies like SB 1313 that drive up prices — which part the poor from more of what money they have.
We’ll see what happens tomorrow. If SB 1313 passes the Assembly Health Committee, it will make a laughing stock of Democratic claims of compassion for the poor (let alone even a passing concern for scientific soundness).