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Since it is demand that promotes production of all goods, both good and bad, the responsibility of eliminating unfriendly products- for humans and environment - lies in the hands of every individual consumer.

• As an educated individual how best can you endorse this view?
• What other ways can you suggest to cut down on the production of harmful goods?

Lives on the Planet are threatened by many harmful products, and it is very much true that demand is what promotes such products. So as an educated individual I cannot but support this view being discussed, and I have my own suggestions in the respect.

In this connection, I find it right to stick on only one point. That is, no industry can survive for long unless what it produces is sold out in time. The things that go into the making of an industry are so diverse that no industry can survive without sales, profit and progress. All these business factors are governed by demands for what ever is produced.

Here comes the role of consumers. For example; if consumers unanimously decide on one thing that they won’t buy harmful products like tobacco, toxic beverages, suffocating plastics and similar health and ecological hazards, there is going to be slow death of all companies that produce such products. So it is demand that decides. The ball is in the court of consumers.

Apart from this, there are other alternatives, too. I think it is a good idea to impose ceilings on the quantity of products manufactured, so that free availability can be curtailed. Besides this, governments can decline all fresh applications for permission to open fresh industries. Including a lesson in the school curriculum highlighting the dangers of harmful products will make the upcoming generation stay away from hazardous products.

In short, when it comes to eliminating harmful products, the major role needs to be played by consumers. Along with this, the suggestion afore made can also do some favours to our Planet and all the lives on it.

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