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Beeswax has been in our environment for millions of years. Not so for the other substances you mentioned.

• giantg2 5y ago
  But not in the quantities or frequency that it is available today through agriculture.
  • margalabargala 5y ago
    Exactly. A person today could eat honey and use beeswax in food every day if they wanted to. This would not have been available to anyone 10k years ago.
• fooqux 5y ago
  Many substances have been in our environment for millions of years. Lead has been around for ages. A substance being "natural" or having been around for 100,000+ years does not necessarily correlate to safe. I would far more trust a new substance that has been tested thoughtfully.
  • giantg2 5y ago
    Technically, it wouldn't be a new substance if thoroughly tested. It would need to be tested for at least a generation to study epigenetic effects. I would prefer older substances that have a large battery of testing. This time also allows some group-think or other new product bias to dissipate.
    • nitrogen 5y ago
      This sounds an awful lot like asking job candidates for 10 years of experience in a technology that is only 2 years old. Nothing new will ever be created again.
      • giantg2 5y ago
        I'm just saying, if it's new then it's basically being tested in prod.
• mixmastamyk 5y ago
  Reminds me of my "Uranium is 100% all-natural!" quip.