Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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-square671fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down120
arrow-up1721arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square671fedilink
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoWe’ve known lead is bad for you for thousands of years.
minus-squareCicraft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnd they still capitalised on lead paint
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTell that to Thomas Midgley Jr.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoConsidering he had to take a several month long vacation because he gave himself lead poisoning, I think he may have known. Also, fuck that piece of shit. His death was hilarious though.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHoisted with his own petard, that’s nice.
We’ve known lead is bad for you for thousands of years.
And they still capitalised on lead paint
Tell that to Thomas Midgley Jr.
Considering he had to take a several month long vacation because he gave himself lead poisoning, I think he may have known. Also, fuck that piece of shit. His death was hilarious though.
Hoisted with his own petard, that’s nice.