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I am really excited by the broadband consumer label the FCC is working on [0]. I think we need to see more government enforced highly-standardized labeling of p
by gtop3 3y ago
I am really excited by the broadband consumer label the FCC is working on [0]. I think we need to see more government enforced highly-standardized labeling of products and packaging. I'd ideally like to see such labeling be expanded to food packaging, food processing facilities, cosmetics, soaps/detergents, clothing/clothing processing, jewelry, wearable tech, furniture, bedding, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, vape liquid, vape devices, housing materials and essentially anything that comes into prolonged contact with the human body or is designed to be ingested by the human body. Some of these already have labeling provided, but I find it to be mostly inadequate for the type of information I want to know before consuming.
We should have a "inform consumer first" attitude for product ingredients, packaging, and manufacturing conditions. Trade secrets should being a distant second concern with increased liability for undisclosed information.
In regard to PFAS and general plastic concerns, I've started limiting my exposure to plastic products. This process started 5+ years ago. It is essentially impossible to eliminate plastic. I am focusing on food packaging, textiles, housing finishes, and computer input devices.
Edit: Exact information that would adjust my consuming behavior: "Which pesticides were used in growing this food", "what is the exact type of plastic this bottle is made out of", "was this beverage or it's primary ingredients stored in plastic before being bottled in glass"
[0] https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels
- treeman79 3y agoSame government that pushed the food pyramid? Where you’re encouraged to eat lots of grains. Basically the opposite of a healthy diet.
- Swizec 3y agoSame government that pushed nutritional labeling. Where you can even know whether something does or doesn’t include grains.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI lived in Germany for a year around 1999 and one thing I noticed was that, at the time, European food labels were strikingly uninformative compared to US food labels.
- ipaddr 3y agoI've never seen meat get labelled with animal ate antibiotics. The labeling is useful and useless all at once
- Swizec 3y agoDoes imperfect labeling mean we should abolish labeling or push to make it better?
- red-iron-pine 3y agothe libertarian approach: it's not perfect, therefore it shouldn't exist
- irrational 3y agoI've always assumed that if doesn't say there was no antibiotics, then there was.
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- jxramos 3y ago> computer input devices Are you saying like having some keyboard and mouse being made out of metal? Maybe ceramics or glass?
- leoh 3y agoWow. Ceramic keys sound really nice tbh. Damn.
- ohgodplsno 3y agoUntil they inevitably shatter as something ever so slightly sharp hits them, that it. Sure hope you're not working with a metal watch.
- leoh 3y agoDid you know that the back of the Apple Watch is made from ceramics? There are robust forms — it seems you are not aware.
- ohgodplsno 3y agoThe back of the Apple watch is also spending most of its time snug against your wrist, or down against a charger, while being relatively thick and uniform. It's not a 60cm wide, 20cm tall target for anything that falls on your desk, it's not made of 100 different, tiny little caps that all need to be light enough to not trigger automatically. The conditions are _slightly_ different, and knowing your apple watch uses ceramics doesn't make you a materials engineer.
- leoh 3y agoBack of iPhone 13 which is one of the toughest iPhones yet is also ceramic.
- gibspaulding 3y ago> computer input devices. Is this a wishlist item or something you've actually found? I wasn't aware of any non-plastic computer mice or keycaps.
- Arrath 3y agoWith the popularity of DIY mechanical keyboards I have to imagine that at some point some dedicated individual(/crazy person) has machined individual keycaps from stainless or aluminum.
- someotherperson 3y agoThere are titanium, steel and zinc anode keycaps floating around. I know because I've owned some for about a decade :) You can probably replace every component on a keyboard, today, with metal with the exceptions being limited to the switches and PCB.
- gtop3 3y agoI've reduced, not eliminated. Custom keyboard, titanium case and wooden keycaps. Plastic still in switches, wires, and pcb. Normal mouse, I've tried alternatives but nothing fits my expectation.
- gibspaulding 3y agoI suppose I should have known the costom keyboard community would provide on that front! Wood keycaps sound nice, I will have to look into that.