Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-squaremessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down17
arrow-up1293arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·3 years agoPerfluoroalkyls aka PFAS appear to screw with all manner of body functions.
minus-squareShakeThatYam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 years agoWhile what you say is generally true, I would add that many diseases were “rare” in pre-modern times because they were not easily diagnosis at the time or because people were killed earlier by something else that is now treatable.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoSure, but incidence of lung cancer went way up as tobacco consumption rose heavily in the early 20th century.
Perfluoroalkyls aka PFAS appear to screw with all manner of body functions.
While what you say is generally true, I would add that many diseases were “rare” in pre-modern times because they were not easily diagnosis at the time or because people were killed earlier by something else that is now treatable.
Sure, but incidence of lung cancer went way up as tobacco consumption rose heavily in the early 20th century.