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Huh? We stopped using lead in petrol about 40 years ago. You do have to make a tradeoff between keeping the economy going and unknown risks. We continued to use
by averagewall 9y ago
Huh? We stopped using lead in petrol about 40 years ago. You do have to make a tradeoff between keeping the economy going and unknown risks. We continued to use concrete despite early fears about the danger of cement dust. We still use social media despite fears about psychological problems. We still drive cars despite the high danger of death. Nothing's perfectly safe. We even still have babies knowing that all of them will die, and worse males will probably die sooner than females. Abort male foetuses for their own safety? You have to draw a line somewhere.
- maxxxxx 9y agoLead cleanup for example is way underfunded. If we put the same effort into that as we do after each terrorist attack there would be no lead paint houses left in the country and no lead pipes. Car pollution rules would be much stricter. Stay in an area with no cars for a few weeks and come back to a city and you suddenly notice how incredibly suffocating car exhaust gas is.