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The EU has very poor safety controls.
Do you have anything to back that up, or just the conversation above that indicates the contrary?
Burner controls on the front. No regulation on toxic chemicals in consumer products. Highest levels of cancer because of toxic chemicals in consumer products than any other region.
I don't understand why you think the controls on the front are a hazard rather than the ones directly behind the hotplates/burners.
You must be talking about the PFAS stuff getting legislated on currently. Despite the disappointing u-turn on a blanket ban, they still plan on banning some of the worst offenders. As far as I can tell no other country in the world has banned any at all. The US has phased out manufacturing of some chemicals but still imports and sells products containing those same chemicals.
State your source for the "highest levels of cancer because of toxic chemicals in consumer products". Research is only just really beginning on the impact of PFAS, so it would be interesting if you had worldwide data directly connected to their cancer causing impact in humans from consumer products specifically.
The EU makes up only 5% of the world's population but has 23% of all cancer cases.
Sure, that's a stat, but it's 23% of all new cancer cases.
What makes you think that's solely down to toxins in consumer products? There's lifestyle aspects, pollution and population density to add in there.
Also two thoughts: I have a gut feeling that the reporting of cancer cases is likely to be higher when health care is free. Additionally, the stat is for Europe and not the EU. EU countries are likely to have more safety regulations than non-EU countries.