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0 pointsQem2y ago0 comments

Also there's hundreds of similarly synthetic substances, each not individually going over set limits, but perhaps the resulting cocktail causes "death by a thousand cuts".

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ericmcer2y ago

It is scary. Our best recourse is just to "trust the science", but there are a ton of parties invested in keeping the status quo.

tgv2y ago

"Trust the science" doesn't mean much. In the 70s, studies showed that jeans caused cancer. And yogurt. Other, real carcinogenic compounds were not studied. It takes ages for the dust to settle down and have a decent consensus. In the mean time, it's best to be cautionary.

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0 pointsQem2y ago0 comments

Also there's hundreds of similarly synthetic substances, each not individually going over set limits, but perhaps the resulting cocktail causes "death by a thousand cuts".

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ericmcer2y ago

It is scary. Our best recourse is just to "trust the science", but there are a ton of parties invested in keeping the status quo.

tgv2y ago

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