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This title is click bait. You could easily just include the name of the "widely used chemical" in the title.
by faxmeyourcode 3y ago
This title is click bait. You could easily just include the name of the "widely used chemical" in the title.
- cwbrandsma 3y agoSure, it is trichloroethylene, but that would lose 99% of the audience as soon as they see a word that they can't pronounce. Widely used is accurate, it is everywhere.
- permo-w 3y ago“TCE - a widely used chemical - found to …” would do the job
- godshatter 3y agoThey'll see it right away once they get into the article, and will presumably nope out of there anyway. So why not put it in the headline? Oh, yeah, advertising. Thus, clickbait.