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We didn’t know about the link between Paraquat and Parkinson’s until recently, and even now it’s still being debated. If it turns out to be proven, then it wi
by scarab92 2y ago
We didn’t know about the link between Paraquat and Parkinson’s until recently, and even now it’s still being debated.
If it turns out to be proven, then it will be banned.
What alternative do you propose? Banning every chemical in society, just in case it is linked to a disease one day?
- jay_kyburz 2y agoI was just pointing out that's how the west works. sheesh. I'll just go back to cooking my dinner in a Teflon pan, on my artificial stone benchtop, in my asbestos clad kitchen, while smoking cigarettes, and something about lead paint.
- Eisenstein 2y agoHow about we empower panels of experts in their fields to make decisions based on rational and informed consensus and then revise those decisions every so often, so that we don't have to personally choose to ban everything or nothing?
- scarab92 2y agoWell, no expert would have figured out the link between pesticides and Parkinson’s. There’s no test for this. The only it was detected was by studying a weak association after decades of use. The same is likely to be true for all other pesticides in use. So what do we do? Ban them, or allow rhem?
- wiseowise 2y ago> What alternative do you propose? Banning every chemical in society, just in case it is linked to a disease one day? Fucking yes, Jesus Christ, does it need to be spelled out? My God, imagine you’re consuming some shite for 10 years only to discover you’re a vegetable or deadman at 40. Are you insane?