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There are regulations on quite a number of things but the evidentiary standards are not equal because a treatment has to demonstrate a health benefit whereas a
by AbrahamParangi 3y ago
There are regulations on quite a number of things but the evidentiary standards are not equal because a treatment has to demonstrate a health benefit whereas a packaging additive just has to "demonstrate an absence of harm" which is actually a lax criteria because proving a negative is inherently "impossible".
The practical implication is that your bloodstream is filled with relatively few small-molecule drugs and relatively many synthetic chemicals.
- refurb 3y agoThere are regulations on quite a number of things but the evidentiary standards are not equal because a treatment has to demonstrate a health benefit whereas a packaging additive just has to "demonstrate an absence of harm" which is actually a lax criteria because proving a negative is inherently "impossible". That makes no sense. Of course a "packaging additive" only has to prove a lack of harm. What else would you prove?