Liability aims to ensure that the financial consequences of certain types of harm caused to man or the environment will be borne by the company who caused this harm. It is based on the “polluter-pays” principle. If a causal relationship between an activity of a consumer or worker with a chemical and the damages through poisoning can be demonstrated, this can be the basis for a liability for compensating the damage. If a causal relationship between an activity of a company with a chemical and the damages to an area or to an ecosystem through environmental pollution can be demonstrated, this can be the basis for the liability for a rehabilitation of the contaminated area or for restoring the ecosystem.
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