er vel t ▁thus ▁l abeled ▁this ▁and ▁other ▁out ward ly ▁environment ally ▁cons cient ious ▁acts ▁with ▁a ▁greater , ▁underlying ▁purpose ▁of ▁profit ▁increase ▁as ▁green w ash ing . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁political ▁term ▁" ling u istic ▁det ox ification " ▁describes ▁when , ▁through ▁legisl ation ▁or ▁other ▁government ▁action , ▁the ▁definitions ▁of ▁to x icity ▁for ▁certain ▁subst ances ▁are ▁changed , ▁or ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁subst ance ▁is ▁changed , ▁so ▁that ▁fewer ▁things ▁fall ▁under ▁a ▁particular ▁classification ▁as ▁to xic . ▁The ▁origin ▁of ▁this ▁phrase ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁environmental ▁activ ist ▁and ▁author ▁Barry ▁Common er . ▁ ▁Similarly , ▁introduction ▁of ▁a ▁Car bon ▁Em ission ▁Tr ading ▁Sch eme ▁may ▁feel ▁good , ▁but ▁may ▁be ▁counter product ive ▁if ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁carbon ▁is ▁pr iced ▁too ▁low , ▁or ▁if ▁large ▁emit ters ▁are ▁given ▁" free ▁cred its ." ▁For ▁example , ▁Bank ▁of ▁America ▁subs idi ary ▁MB NA ▁offers ▁an ▁E co - Log ique ▁Master Card ▁for ▁Canadian ▁consum ers ▁that ▁re wards ▁customers ▁with ▁carbon ▁off sets ▁as ▁they ▁continue ▁using ▁the ▁card . ▁Custom ers ▁may ▁feel ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁null ifying ▁their ▁carbon ▁foot print ▁by ▁purch asing ▁poll uting ▁goods ▁with ▁the ▁card . ▁However , ▁only ▁ 0 . 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁purchase ▁price ▁goes ▁into ▁purch asing ▁carbon ▁off sets , ▁while ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁inter change ▁fee ▁still ▁goes ▁to ▁the