No problem, there is no doubt they both released hell on the people but there were some environmental issues that needed to be addressed and some occupational health and safety issues likewise. Unfortunately, as always, once the government got involved the cure became vastly more of a problem than the original disease. There is no minor problem that cannot be expanded into a monstrosity by a government “solution”.
In retrospect, those environmental issues you mentioned, how big a threat do they appear to be now, when compared to the ‘solution’?
Our Founding Fathers knew the answer to that question more than 200 years ago.