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Experts never have "the answer". Science changes over time - see the article and how guidelines for what's OK grew stricter. You work with what you have right
by underdeserver 4y ago
Experts never have "the answer". Science changes over time - see the article and how guidelines for what's OK grew stricter.
You work with what you have right now.
- upsidesinclude 4y agoI disagree with your stance. While emerging evidence should be used to change guidelines, we should not be at the mercy of corporations wishing to increase their profit margins with unknown chemicals. You don't have to work with what you have only just invented and don't understand. You're talking about bottles and pans. We have managed with bottles and pans for a thousand years before pfas.
- esoterica 4y agoThey used to put lead in everything. Just because it’s traditional doesn’t mean it’s safe.
- upsidesinclude 4y agoNo one said traditional. Time tested would be a better phrase for what I've described. Cast iron, steel, glass, ceramic We have thousands of years of evidence that these things are safe Edit: traditional? That's not even what that means anyway. Old?
- underdeserver 4y agoWhat? I'm saying we now know it's super harmful and should work with that knowledge to regulate against it, without waiting for all experts to agree and all studies to show.
- upsidesinclude 4y agoThat does not come across from the other post, but yes that seems fair