The phrase "harmful industries" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when talking about businesses or activities that cause harm to people, animals, or the environment. For example, "The new bill seeks to regulate harmful industries, such as those that produce hazardous waste."
But why isn't this the case for other harmful industries?
Money invested in very profitable but socially harmful industries — oil, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling, for example — can undo the good accomplished by the money earned from those investments.
If our politicians are serious about a sustainable and prosperous future for the people they were elected to represent, they must say no to Adani and buckle up for the important work of transitioning Australia beyond extractive, harmful industries like coal and gas.
But while the old adage that microwaves release cancer-causing chemicals called dioxins may have long been debunked, the plastic surrounding her food may contain BPAs, a harmful industry chemical used in plastics since the 1960s.
MELLON DEFENDED BY BLAIR American Mining Congress Calls Acts of Senate Committee Harmful to Industry.
A British exit from the EU would be "deeply harmful" for industry, the boss of one of the UK's largest manufacturing firms has warned.
They will promote the unfettered growth of a new harmful California industry dominated by special interests and wealthy investors, not the health and well-being of our communities.
When PBDE was discovered to be just as harmful, the industry looked again for swappable chemical cousins, including chlorinated Tris.
When PBDE was found to be equally harmful, the industry moved on to chlorinated Tris, which has been recently declared a carcinogen by a California state science panel.
Smokers looked for evidence that smoking wasn't harmful, seven industry executives stood before Congress and swore that nicotine was not addictive despite knowing otherwise, and legislatures struggled to pass laws to reduce smoking in public places.
Both groups have pro-Russian factions and have suggested they would not support further sanctions against the Kremlin, which both have argued are harmful to Italian industries.
