And in all cases, those industries make no earnest attempt to develop safe ways to do things instead of simply doing it where it doesn't matter.

[Citation needed]

A sibling comment a few levels up provided it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160514

Got anything from the last 50 years?

There's a large middle ground between "Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone" and letting blatant polluters turn your neighborhood into a Superfund site. California solved the latter problem by going too far in the other direction.