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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 765 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
That's a widespread but inaccurate rumour. Lead pipes were in use until end of 19th century without poisioning people en masse. But what the Romans did back then was to store acidic foods in lead pots and bowls... The acid together with a long time caused the poisoning of those foods.How did we let that loose...?It worked. Ignorance of long term effects. Like the Roman era lead pipe. Or coal fired industrial plants. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19137 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
That's a widespread but inaccurate rumour. Lead pipes were in use until end of 19th century without poisioning people en masse. But what the Romans did back then was to store acidic foods in lead pots and bowls... The acid together with a long time caused the poisoning of those foods.How did we let that loose...?It worked. Ignorance of long term effects. Like the Roman era lead pipe. Or coal fired industrial plants. Profiting from poison: how the US lead industry knowingly created a water crisis The year was 1933 and, to a group of industrialists gathered in a New York City lunch club, it seemed like the lead industry was doomed. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 765 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
"Alle Dinge sind Gift, und nichts ist ohne Gift; allein die dosis machts, daß ein Ding kein Gift sei." All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dosage makes a thing not a poison. Paracelsus, i.e. Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), Swiss physician, alchemist, philosopher. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 765 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
Regarding the irresponsible long-term use of lead pipes, despite scientific knowledge about health risks... An identical story can be told about the use of asbestos in seals, brake pads, for structural fire protection, as roofing material... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Those pesky poisonous pesticides get where you don't want... We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce – here’s what you need to know wrote: When it comes to healthy eating, fruits and vegetables reign supreme. But along with all their vitamins, minerals and other nutrients can come something else: an unhealthy dose of dangerous pesticides. ... Select carefully to eat healthy! Enjoy!! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
In my opinion: Deadly unscrupulous deadly nasty... Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries Also, I personally continue to boycott all and everything and anything to do with that deadly name. Stay healthy folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30734 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
In my opinion: Deadly unscrupulous deadly nasty... Is that poor countries or countries with poor legal systems? |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 765 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
The second is inherited from the first.In my opinion: Deadly unscrupulous deadly nasty... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Has the EPA and the rest of the world been far too slow catching up with this one?... PFAS Increase Likelihood of Death By Cardiovascular Disease... wrote: ... researchers have formally shown that exposure to toxic PFAS increases the likelihood of death by cardiovascular disease, adding a new level of concern to the controversial chemicals' wide use... Live and drink well? Stay healthy folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Meanwhile... Here in the UK, we have: Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water wrote: NFU’s director of strategy asked for review ['removal'] of EU-derived protections as part of post-Brexit loosening of rules... What 'good' would that do?... Live and drink well?? Stay healthy folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35104 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
They been pounding us with adds trying to convince us that they're good and 1 is even sponsoring a reality show, but they're just greenwashing us in the end. MasterChef grilled in greenwashing inquiry over controversial gas sponsorship deal. Network Ten has been grilled by a Senate inquiry into greenwashing and refused to put a number on a controversial gas sponsorship deal for its successful MasterChef show. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
We have been and continue to be badly slimed, but this time, for everyone: Lawyers To Plastic Makers: Prepare For 'Astronomical' PFAS Lawsuits wrote: ... Unlike tobacco, used by only a subset of the public, "pretty much every one of us in the United States is walking around with PFAS in our bodies," said Erik Olson, senior strategic director for environmental health at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "And we're being exposed without our knowledge or consent, often by industries that knew how dangerous the chemicals were, and failed to disclose that," he said. "That's a formula for really significant liability." What more dead cats get dragged out of deadly bags? Business with no morals? And everything and everyone be damned? All in our deadly greedy world... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30734 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Tobacco is still sold even today. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20460 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
A very unhealthy Marketing battle of greedy profits: “Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods wrote: Big Food is trying to dampen fears about the effects of industrially formulated substances... And the slimy adverse consequences to people be damned... All in our world of deadly greedy profits... Martin UPF: Ultra-processed foods (most of the contents of a "Western" supermarket...) See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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