pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoMicroplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennialsmessage-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down122
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minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoNatural in no way what so ever should imply more healthy. Especially in the context of lead and mercury. In a similar vein, asbestos is “all natural”, especially compared to fiber glass and foam, but it’s still unhealthy as fuck.
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNot sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s existed long enough that serious effects would’ve been obvious by now. Multiple generations have already passed. Multiple. It is already clearly not as serious as lead or mercury regardless of what effects are found.
Natural in no way what so ever should imply more healthy. Especially in the context of lead and mercury.
In a similar vein, asbestos is “all natural”, especially compared to fiber glass and foam, but it’s still unhealthy as fuck.
Not sure where I said natural = better. All I said was natural things are generally more studied because they existed for lot longer.
It’s existed long enough that serious effects would’ve been obvious by now. Multiple generations have already passed. Multiple. It is already clearly not as serious as lead or mercury regardless of what effects are found.