I see, we're currently headed in the direction of falling skies, imminent nuclear threats and various other nasty Godzillas which, of course, urgently require more sacrifice from the population for more "preventive" wars, both trade and kinetic, so that the value of assets concentrated in very few hands can grow faster.
It's really urgent, honest! These same hands benefited greatly from globalization, but now, on the way back, it's your turn to sacrifice for their continued benefit.
As purchasing power in China grows, their labour costs grow because they start demanding similarly unpolluted environment, and dirty production will start moving to the next country.
Is it not the answer that you demand a clean production or stop using products which cannot guarantee it? The fact that consumers do not apply this logic means that NIMBY can only take you so far, because if we accept polluting production, some humans will have to deal with it somewhere.
Ah yes, who can forget everyone's experience at the Denver, Colorado zoo, a 10 minute drive (or 30-40 minute bike ride) from a massive oil refinery operating since the 1930s. Same with the Rocky Mountains, totally polluted and gross by the likes of factories like Coors. Definitely stay away from those places. Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, CO? With so many factories up there and everywhere around, what's going to get them first, Colorado's water, air, or rain?
I have a feeling factories will use H1B Visas to bring in immigrants to do the work and fire them as soon as the H1B Visa expires, and hire all new H1B Visa workers.