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It's not only the trans phenomenon, everything you mentioned there is politically radioactive. Are you really allowed to worry about environmental endocrine dis
by mmaniac 2y ago
It's not only the trans phenomenon, everything you mentioned there is politically radioactive. Are you really allowed to worry about environmental endocrine disruptors if hormonal contraceptives are a substantial contributor to that problem?
Every age has its taboos and its sacred cows and all our "enlightened" society has managed to do is obscure that immutable fact.
- janalsncm 2y agoWe don’t even need to go that deep. Microplastics are everywhere. BPA is everywhere. PFAS is everywhere. These aren’t “sacred cows” to anyone but chemical company shareholders but it turns out to be a lot easier to make a mess than clean it up.
- mmaniac 2y agoExposure to microplastics, forever chemicals and pesticides is a frequent topic of open conversation and criticism. Those remain politically intransigent because of competing economic interests. By comparison, it's hard to even approach a discussion about environmental pollution if it intersects with some issue regular people find personally important like birth control.
- janalsncm 2y agoI don’t think any discussions about the effects of hormonal birth control pollution are being suppressed. What I do see are a lot of websites with an ax to grind against any form of contraception saying that it is being “suppressed”. > politically intransigent because of competing economic interests Maybe we shouldn’t just blow past this point. It is not an acceptable state of the world that the welfare of our children is even considered against the wealth extraction for a few multinational companies. Politicians that take kickbacks to allow companies to poison their water supplies is something that should never happen in a functional democracy.