Which factor was most responsible for british leaders failure to pass laws addressing pollution and workplace safety early in the industrial revolution a. capitalism b. emigration c. women’s rights d. industrial urbanization

A. Capitalism

Explanation:

The British leaders feared that if they passed the laws that would protect the environmnet and help to increase workplace safety it would actually make the business owners and industry investors to leave the country because it would represent higher costs of production and it would hurt their profits, this decision is merely done to increase profits for the burgoise class, thus the factor that most influenced this decision was capitalism.

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