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Tobacco and alohol are significantly harmful and we have been consuming them for centuries. Also lead pipes
by TiredOfLife 1y ago
Tobacco and alohol are significantly harmful and we have been consuming them for centuries. Also lead pipes
- danudey 1y agoTrump admin is trying to prevent the banning of asbestos, and undo the regulations that have been banning it. Trump seems convinced that "it's all fine, actually" and policy is being based around that, but the catalyst seems to be that the Biden era finalized the last ban on the last type of asbestos still being used (which would take up to twelve years to take effect anyway). It wouldn't surprise me at this point if the Trump administration started rolling back regulations on lead pipes and enforcing minimum cadmium concentrations in tobacco.
- kevincox 1y agoYes, and due to having been used for a long time we are aware of the effects (and at least for lead have implemented reasonable rules around its use). My point is that the longer we have used and consumed something the better we understand it. We are more likely to know and understand the risks. So we should be extra cautious with new materials. Something that we have been eating for hundreds of years with no known negative effects is wildly different than something that a company discovered (naturally or artificially) last year and didn't find any negative effects with some short-term tests.