WD-40 clarified that their products will comply with these regulations and will still be available in Canada after the ban takes effect.
this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2023
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But my rage-bait headline!
Now what do we do with this rage!? I'm angry and confused now!
I save it for people who suggest using WD-40 as a lubricant. Then I unload 2-3 years of checked rage.
Hey! Look at this guy! He seems angry too! You should believe and vote for him so you're less confused!
In America, said angry man is almost always in favour of tax and service cuts for Citizens United reasons. In Canada, the angry man is aping the American angry men because the border is apparently theoretical.
The article literally says that as the last paragraph despite having wasted hundreds of words describing absolutely nothing before that.
I wouldn't trust anything ever published by this outlet. This is intentional disinformation.
Sensationalist bullshit headline.
The formulas will change to meet the new standardsโฆ.
Don't you remember when all cars were banned when seatbelts were made mandatory?
Typical government overreach!
As if there aren't other ways to apply lubricants.
And WD40 isnโt so much a lubricant as much as a cleaner.
And a Water Displacement formula. (WD)
I'm torn as to whether to agree with you or not. On the one hand, people who aren't taking the time to parse the headline are certainly getting worked up. On the other hand, the headline accurately represents the ban in that the current formulation of WD-40 will be banned in aerosol form. If they want to sell that formulation in plain cans or Non-aerosol spray bottles, they are free to do so.
Wd-40 has more than one aerosol product, others already meet the standards, so the headline is just plain false right off the bat.
Adding even non-compliant to the headline would go a long way and basically fox everyone of your concerns.
It's the Western Standard, so of COURSE it's a bullshit sensationalist headline. That's what they do; and that's ALL they do.
They're a right-wing lapdog publication.
Why read and post trash like this?
It's clearly an outlet trying to spread misinformation to make people angry at the government. It's probably either a Russian op and if not it's a bunch of people stupid enough to be tools of a Russian op.
WS isn't a Russian op, but Derek Fildebrandt is certainly stupid enoughnto be an unwitting tool for them.
Literally from the article:
""It has recently come to our attention that false information is circulating online that WD-40ยฎ Brand products are being banned in Canada," WD-40 stated.
"This is not a true statement. Although there are currently regulatory changes taking place in Canada, we have been aware of these regulatory changes and have been preparing for them for some time.""
Course this might create a black market of American WD-40 but that will depend on how much the formula is changing.
American wd-40 already complies with the new Canadian standard of no more than 25% voc. (The states has 10-15%)
The cynic in me wonders if this was staged by WD. It pretty well ensures that everyone will be flocking to buy what's left on the shelves before it changes it to a non aerosol in 2024. Up until this point I hadn't even heard of this but now I myself am tempted to grab a can or two
Nah, it's just Derek Fildebrandt rage-farming again. If he could get away with it, he'd write a follow-up blaming Trudeau.
Oh look, another round of straw banning to make idiots feel better without actually solving anything.
It's a clickbait headline designed to anger people who can't be bothered to actually read past the title. They're not banning wd-40 and it will still be available after 2024
I read it. Theyโre banning VOC in spray cans, as if aerosol cans are suddenly to blame for smog. More political noise to appease the uneducated while accomplishing nothing of substance. Look at the shiny birdy, kids, and pay no mind to the industrial processes behind the curtain.
We already played this game in the 80s, when hair spray was supposedly causing the hole in the ozone layer. Look where it got us.
A shrinking ozone hole? https://www.nasa.gov/esnt/2022/ozone-hole-continues-shrinking-in-2022-nasa-and-noaa-scientists-say
You think that's a bad thing?
We already played this game in the 80s, when hair spray was supposedly causing the hole in the ozone layer. Look where it got us.
I don't understand this. Where did it get us?
Guess we got no hair spray?
Their logic is the same as "cigarettes are fine because other things cause lung cancer too". Guess they would rather see everything banned all at once or nothing at all.