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Any legislation stemming from this effort would (and should) ostensibly forbid the import of said material, otherwise the production will shift overseas while usage will not noticably change.

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In many cases that's the point. You don't want your own citizens to suffer manufacturing it, but you want them to enjoy the benefits of using it, so you ban manufacture but still allow use and just import everything you need.

It's like how all the asbestos and other hazardous waste that's removed from California homes gets dumped in Nevada and Arizona landfills. Or the subject of the documentary "Plastic China":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Kif9cugQ0

    "No contest"

(in "the voice"... What was it, Super Smash Brothers on GC? ;D)

Edit: Found it - https://youtube.com/watch?v=sHBsF8SKLGU&t=20

You can argue the should but I very much doubt that it would. We are very happy to let other countries do the dirty work of manufacturing and import the product, and the places that are most likely to manufacture are the least likely to outlaw the production themselves.

Why do you think it would do that, if the import poses no risk to the inhabitants of the country?

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