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At this point, there should probably just be a generic "THIS PRODUCT IS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER" sticker that companies can stick on pr
by thotpoizn 9y ago
At this point, there should probably just be a generic "THIS PRODUCT IS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER" sticker that companies can stick on pretty much anything they sell there. <eyeroll>
- mikeash 9y agoWhen does it become easier to label the things not known to the state of California to cause cancer?
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoGotta find a product first.
- CureLiberalism 9y agoNot even kidding ... EVERYTHING carries with it the potential for leading to cancer. Air with silica dust particles in it from natural sources, water that carries radioactive particles or parasites and pathogens of any number of types ... literally everything. NO exception. Just alone being alive has an inherent risk of leading to cancer due to natural processes of mutation. This is just more evidence of Liberal insanity that is bizarrely out of touch with reality, the very basis of the foundation of reason and science itself. No, not the proto-religion of Science, the method and set of techniques that are the scientific method that are all but not applied as so many research studies have found. what was it, 89% irreproducibility in the social "Sciences"?
- CureLiberalism 9y agoI demand a sticker that warns of the cancer risk of the materials in the sticker that warns of the cancer risk.
- hello_asdf 9y agoI get the sarcasm, but would this be legal? It's satire if it's not actually known as a carcinogen, and a legal requirement if it is. It would dilute the warning in the public's perception, but companies might find it cheapest and easiest to just stick it on everything.
- cydonian_monk 9y agoThe “warning” is already as diluted as the coffee in question, and has been seen by many as a joke for years now.
- tzahola 9y agoAnything can be a carcinogen if ground finely enough and inhaled.
- brockers 9y agoIf something is carcinogenic is always a matter of volume. Most things are carcinogenic if consumed in quantities large enough. Most things carcinogenic if aerosolized and inhaled. Most things are carcinogenic if left on your skin long enough.
- monochromatic 9y agoShould just start including it with bar code stickers in general.
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y agoThe list of warned substances includes hormones naturally produced by the body. WARNING: This human being contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
- taneq 9y agoHave you ever seen human-cancer or birth defects come from anything but a human? Hmm? HMMM?
- mtgx 9y agoFeces are produced by the human body, too. Should you be eating them? Just because something is also produced by the human body or is "natural" doesn't mean it is good for humans to ingest, especially in significant quantities over long periods of time.
- sli 9y agoConsider that you had to go to the other extreme end of the scale to make your point.
- itakedrugs 9y ago"The production of cancer warning labels for California produces as much pollution as one large charcoal power plant."
- dghughes 9y agoThe latest is maple syrup it now has to have a warning it "may contain lead". Which is I think is an inflammatory way to phrase it. There should be a level shown: "This product has lead levels of 11ppb, California drinking water has lead levels of 11ppb". edit: Oh and apple seeds naturally contain cyanide, bananas have radioactive potassium-40, fish has mercury and on and on.
- colejohnson66 9y agoThanks to the FUD from water filtration companies, the public seems to think that any lead is dangerous.