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Let's pose a hypothetical, let's say they are bad, but it takes us 25 years to figure that out. Take asbestos for example. What exactly do we do when it's sudde
by dubcanada 3y ago
Let's pose a hypothetical, let's say they are bad, but it takes us 25 years to figure that out. Take asbestos for example. What exactly do we do when it's suddenly too late? Is preventative action for a possibility not worth it?
We do tons of stuff to prevent extremely rare possibilities from happening, why is doing something for "microplastics" suddenly not a big deal?
- gowld 3y agoThe world is full of dirt, and it's not healthy to drink it. But we can, should, and do filter it out of our drinks.
- dylan604 3y agobut not all dirt is equal. some dirt is laden with forever chemicals or other toxic pollutants from industrial processes. some dirt is full of microplastics. if i were to offer you two glasses of a clear liquid and said one is clean water and the other is full of microplastics and forever chemicals, would you drink either one? what if we passed both glasses through a Brita, would you drink either of them then? what level of processing would you be comfortable with before drinking either of them? or, more to your point, what if i said that both glasses were the results of filtering out all of the dirt. one glass from dirt from a farm, and the other was from a local dump with a nearby 3M PFAS plant. how would you feel about the water then?