Imagine how often this situation lie this would be happening without institutions like OSHA or the EPA.

Stuff like this happens in Texas on a fairly regular basis, but it rarely ever makes national news.

From what I hear[1], we should be relying on the fact that environmental disasters are bad for business in a true Scotsman "free market".

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48238025#48240301