• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    No, people knew lead was poisonous even back near Roman days. Though just like how humans constantly do stupid things for some benefit, they kept using it as a sweetener for ages.

    Also mercury in relation to, “as mad as a hatter”. It’s just mercury was very good for the job.

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        3 hours ago

        Natural in no way what so ever should imply more healthy. Especially in the context of lead and mercury.

        In a similar vein, asbestos is “all natural”, especially compared to fiber glass and foam, but it’s still unhealthy as fuck.

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            3 hours ago

            It’s existed long enough that serious effects would’ve been obvious by now. Multiple generations have already passed. Multiple. It is already clearly not as serious as lead or mercury regardless of what effects are found.

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      13 hours ago

      To play devil’s advocate, we always knew lead was toxic, but we didn’t know the only healthy dose was 0