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Guilty until proven green. (Scan).(Sweden's environmental policies)(Brief Article)
Robert Nilsson, a toxicologist at Stockholm University, recently explained at a Cato Institute forum that thanks to environmentalist overreactions, consumers can't buy or use many useful products in his country.
Wite-Out, for example, is an illegal product in Sweden. Regulators are in the process of outlawing lead batteries in cars. Homeowners buying paint will find only extremely shoddy products on store shelves. And nearly all pesticides and herbicides in Sweden are either banned or only available through expensive licensed contractors. Homeowners with a wasp or cockroach problem can either drizzle hot water on the beasts, hire a professional exterminator, or fly ...
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