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You can't prove safe, you can only prove "no harms we know of yet."

• ceejayoz 3y ago
  You can require companies to do at least some due dilligence, though, to give a reasonable amount of comfort it is. "It's safe" is a falsifiable claim.
  • arsome 3y ago
    But that could change over time with further understanding. No point panicking today over something not known to be harmful. The effect size is clearly very small. If I wanted to better my health in an actually measurable way I'd be much better served by dropping alcohol and refined sugars than worrying about microplastics.
    • ceejayoz 3y ago
      > But that could change over time with further understanding. That's not a good excuse not to bother at all. It's an argument for periodic reassessment of common additives.