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I expect that in 100 years, they are going to look back on this period of widespread endocrine disruptor exposure from plastics, hormonal birth control, etc. wi
by wyager 4y ago
I expect that in 100 years, they are going to look back on this period of widespread endocrine disruptor exposure from plastics, hormonal birth control, etc. with the same or greater horror and incredulity than we look back on the Romans poisoning themselves with lead. At least the Romans had the credible excuse of ignorance.
- _yb2s 4y agoI think I saw this on here recently but not findingly the link right now... it was an article arguing pretty convincingly that the Romans did know about lead poisoning, and it was most likely very rare rather than widespread.
- maccaw 4y ago100%
- sacrosancty 4y agoPeople always choose the popular outrage topics as what they expect future generations will agree with them on. But wouldn't it more likely be something we're completely blindsided by? Perhaps something even opposite to our cultural values?
- kleer001 4y agothere's enough science denialism in the social sciences we're spoiled for choices, enough uncomfortable truths they'd fill many books
- SoftTalker 4y agoIt's possible we may look back with some regrets, but I seriously doubt that plastics will be thought to cause anything close to the same or greater harm caused by lead. We'd know it by now if that were true.
- wyager 4y ago> We'd know it by now if that were true. My brother, we have a tanking fertility rate, rapidly declining testosterone levels and sperm counts, and widespread sexual development issues causing intense social conflict. It is already much worse than lead.
- doliveira 4y agoWhy go to the Romans and not to whole putting lead in gasoline a hundred years ago just because it was a little bit cheaper? Heck, some planes still do
- wyager 4y agoMost small planes still use 100LL. The local airport I fly cessnas out of only has leaded gas.