Bless them because they did not know what they did. Still there are interests that want to introduce irradiation of foods, to eliminate bad hygenic conditions in production. PCB was once very much in use, now we know better. Now also a few words about economic misstakes. The people, the civil society always pay.
Politicians do never pay, only when they can use tax-payers money.
Now the banks earn more money than ever, increasing the fees for their services. Consumers as always. Production ends when a consumer starts to consume. When the sun is shining and water is at hand, some saved seeds and a piece of soil with various ingredients are available, production can start, vegetables or rice or grain can grow. The energy that has been accumulated in this way now we call products .