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Humanity knew very well that lead and mercury were highly toxic and yet only recently are they being phased out in widespread use. The Man Who Accidentally Kil

Humanity knew very well that lead and mercury were highly toxic and yet only recently are they being phased out in widespread use. The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sm1qxqdRyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sm1qxqdRyY Hundreds of millions of pounds of Glyphosate is spread across the entire globe. Scientists don't have much say in these things.

cj 2y ago
Humans only respond to acute threats. As a society we don’t have a means of effectively responding to long-term threats. We seem to only care about the next 5-10 years. Our species is short sighted, but I suppose evolution will correct that, eventually.
- deadbabe 2y ago
  Well the average remaining life expectancy of all adult humans currently alive is probably only a little more than 10 years so it makes sense.
  - throwaway0123_5 2y ago
    Are you suggesting a massive collapse is likely in ~10 years?
    - deadbabe 2y ago
      Why? You know how averages work?
      - throwaway0123_5 2y ago
        Life expectancy and median age (didn't find average but I assume it is pretty close) were the first things I checked when I read your comment, but life expectancy globally is in the 70s and the median person about 30. I don't understand how the average person could have only a little more than 10 years left.
        deadbabe 2y ago
        Some people might be minutes away from death, dragging the average way down. And the youngest of the adults alive right will probably not live more than 60-70 years max. And there’s a lot more old people right now than younger people due to increasing healthcare standards. It’s possible.
cyberax 2y ago
> Hundreds of millions of pounds of Glyphosate is spread across the entire globe. And none of it is harmful to humans.
- Supermancho 2y ago
  > > Hundreds of millions of pounds of Glyphosate is spread across the entire globe. > And none of it is harmful to humans. As Monsanto assures us, except when https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM (extremists are funny) To be fair, safety is a matter of concentration and exposure. It's not safe, per se, as with any pesticide. The question is about it's lingering effects. https://usrtk.org/pesticides/glyphosate-health-concerns/ https://usrtk.org/pesticides/glyphosate-health-concerns/
  - cyberax 2y ago
    Yeah, yeah. Proof by a video from an eco-terrorist group is the best thing ever. I would have just punched that smug moron in the face. So kudos for the Monsanto guy. > To be fair, safety is a matter of concentration and exposure. It's not safe, per se, as with any pesticide. It actually IS safe at any sane level. The surfactant that is added to the formulations is more dangerous than glyphosate itself. Sometimes things are just black and white.
  - gus_massa 2y ago
    Table salt is safe, but you definetively not want to eat a full glass of table salt. I guess it's fatal. Sugar is perhaps safe, there is a test for diabetes during pregnancy that consist in drinking a (small) glass of very concentrated sugar solution. I think it's not a full glass, so don't try it without medical doctor authorization and supervision. A glass of food oil? Does it give you diarrhea? A glass of alcohol? It's like two glasses of vodka. I think you get alcoholic coma or worse. Also, the level of purification is different for food/medicine and other applications. Don't try to eat the salt that is sold to clean snow.

cj 2y ago

Humans only respond to acute threats. As a society we don’t have a means of effectively responding to long-term threats. We seem to only care about the next 5-10 years. Our species is short sighted, but I suppose evolution will correct that, eventually.

deadbabe 2y ago
Well the average remaining life expectancy of all adult humans currently alive is probably only a little more than 10 years so it makes sense.
- throwaway0123_5 2y ago
  Are you suggesting a massive collapse is likely in ~10 years?
  - deadbabe 2y ago
    Why? You know how averages work?
    - throwaway0123_5 2y ago
      Life expectancy and median age (didn't find average but I assume it is pretty close) were the first things I checked when I read your comment, but life expectancy globally is in the 70s and the median person about 30. I don't understand how the average person could have only a little more than 10 years left.
      - deadbabe 2y ago
        Some people might be minutes away from death, dragging the average way down. And the youngest of the adults alive right will probably not live more than 60-70 years max. And there’s a lot more old people right now than younger people due to increasing healthcare standards. It’s possible.

cyberax 2y ago

> Hundreds of millions of pounds of Glyphosate is spread across the entire globe. And none of it is harmful to humans.

Supermancho 2y ago
> > Hundreds of millions of pounds of Glyphosate is spread across the entire globe. > And none of it is harmful to humans. As Monsanto assures us, except when https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM (extremists are funny) To be fair, safety is a matter of concentration and exposure. It's not safe, per se, as with any pesticide. The question is about it's lingering effects. https://usrtk.org/pesticides/glyphosate-health-concerns/ https://usrtk.org/pesticides/glyphosate-health-concerns/
- cyberax 2y ago
  Yeah, yeah. Proof by a video from an eco-terrorist group is the best thing ever. I would have just punched that smug moron in the face. So kudos for the Monsanto guy. > To be fair, safety is a matter of concentration and exposure. It's not safe, per se, as with any pesticide. It actually IS safe at any sane level. The surfactant that is added to the formulations is more dangerous than glyphosate itself. Sometimes things are just black and white.
- gus_massa 2y ago
  Table salt is safe, but you definetively not want to eat a full glass of table salt. I guess it's fatal. Sugar is perhaps safe, there is a test for diabetes during pregnancy that consist in drinking a (small) glass of very concentrated sugar solution. I think it's not a full glass, so don't try it without medical doctor authorization and supervision. A glass of food oil? Does it give you diarrhea? A glass of alcohol? It's like two glasses of vodka. I think you get alcoholic coma or worse. Also, the level of purification is different for food/medicine and other applications. Don't try to eat the salt that is sold to clean snow.