They want to forcefully obsolete old products so new ones can be foisted on us.
Honeywell and Chemours, a DuPont spinoff, were among the most active backers of a move away from a profitable chemical that has long been the foundation for the fast-growing air-conditioning and refrigeration business.
The companies were driven less by idealism than by intense competition, and a bet that they could create more environmentally friendly alternatives.
Indeed. When they did the first ban, suddenly asthma rescue inhalers were reformulated, new patents issued, and prices skyrocketed while the effectivity of the product suffered.