By Andy Harris, CEO of Syrgis
As many leaders push for a cleaner and greener nation with more secure manufacturing facilities, many times this means shutting down domestic manufacturing. While their intent is right, the end results can be the opposite. Is this the right thing to do, or is it dodging responsibility? These measures may actually cause significantly worse environmental damage by orders of magnitude, increase worldwide security risks, amplify the risk of serious product quality issues, and cost our nation jobs and tax revenues.