ice445
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This has been par for the course for all of industrialized society, which has only been around for...a few generations of humans. Most of our many thousands of years of existence involved shitting in holes in the ground. It's pretty remarkable how fast technology has developed, and how fast we've identified health hazards and removed them from use. It's pretty wild to think that some people who were alive for the first manned flight in 1903 also saw the first man on the moon just 66 years later. I mean, in just my short time here on earth, computer technology advanced exponentially, not just in power, but portability, and that's not even including the rise of the internet which changed everything.I actually read a research paper about a similar topic a few months ago. I'll link it. It was about the developmental and reproductive toxic effects that happen from silver coated nanoparticles in zebrafish. A lot of these nanoparticles are seeping into the environment just like microplastics. And just like microplastics, the health effects are not known for humans because it only has been recently discovered and there is no way to test the effect on humans, other than to monitor and perform long term studies which are inherently flawed. They both show pretty serious negative effects on fish so its not a stretch to assume it would be harmful to us.
It is actually scary when you think about it. A lot of the pollution that is being dumped out in the environment is starting to show it's effects now and we are only beginning to learn about it. I don't know how bad copper is for the environment but I can promise you that none of you want that in your food. Pollution always gets brought up the food chain. The only good thing for us is that we have a long lifespan so that we are able to withstand more before we start to have adverse effects compared to other organisms.
The problem with manufacturing is that it is more of 'lets get this out' mentality first vs 'is this safe?'. Sad but stuff like this should be taught in schools so the public at least is aware of the idea of bioamplification which is when toxins make its way up the food chain.
Toxic exposures like this affected me and a lot of my friends from the military. My nose is always clogged and I have lung disease with other random bullshit I have now that is most likely from the burn pits, constantly being covered in jet fuel and living in rat infested shithole for 9 months. I didn't have any of those problems before I left. Same thing happened to the people in Desert Storm, and in Vietnam.
Those are extreme examples I know, but I do think California's intentions on the matter are for the greater good (including the cancer labels) but the execution is bad.
I'm waxing poetic a little but you get the point. The health hazards of today will be gone tomorrow after only affecting just a generation or two, just like asbestos, lead paint, and radium.
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