I would agree also with the assessment. I don't think anyone is suggesting that the minister shouldn't consider the politics or the socio-economics at play, but rather that those politics not trump human health and the environment at every turn.
In addition to the fact that when we go looking for substitutes they seem to be easily enough found, the report that Mr. Weiner referred to actually--and I think I quoted it in my submission--says that the costs for virtual elimination are overstated.