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Look at American the sharp spike in American obesity and mental illness. People have tried to explain it by convenient things like the internet or lethargic liv
by TangoTrotFox 8y ago
Look at American the sharp spike in American obesity and mental illness. People have tried to explain it by convenient things like the internet or lethargic lives, yet our deterioration is relatively unique while internet access and lethargy is not. Something we are doing or consuming is screwing us up mightily, and generations of the future will look back with bewilderment that we didn't know we shouldn't [...] .
Lead had a huge lobby during its heyday. The inventor of leaded fuel [1] would have exhibitions where he would sit and huff leaded fuel, pour it on his hands, and so on. And there was extensive corporate backed science arguing that it was all perfectly safe. Incidentally he's also the guy who invented CFCs, which also ended up banned. Interesting character!
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
- S_A_P 8y agoThis Wikipedia article almost reads as an onion spoof. He was treated for lead poisoning at least twice. He contracted polio and invented a series of ropes and pullies to assist him and his family to get him out of bed which ended up strangling him to death. It seems that GM(who he worked for)is largely responsible for inventing what are arguably the worst compounds for the planet other than the nuclear bomb. Absolutely astonishing read.
- cryoshon 8y agoas another HN commentator said: if there is a powerful lobbying group pushing for one thing and third party scientists are saying something else, "the jury" will stay "out" for decades even if the evidence is clear. lesson: interpreting corporate funded science inversely is sometimes a faster route to the truth than waiting for them to come around.
- corey_moncure 8y agoIt's the sugar.