Or asbestos, or leaded gasoline, or leaded paint, or Oxycodone (the “opioid crisis”) and so on. This list is too long to keep track of.
GAMI recently got a lead-free aviation gasoline broadly approved: https://generalaviationnews.com/2022/09/03/gami-unleaded-fue...
Leaded avgas is for older gasoline piston aircraft. There’s still many around but overall it’s not that significant and is slowly on its way out. The exhaust is mostly released high in altitude where there is ample time for extreme dilution.
The concern is mostly for people who work at small airports, live near them, or work with these aircraft as mechanics etc.
I think there’s an unleaded 100 octane formulation in testing that will probably replace leaded gas but the general aviation industry is small and slow moving.
Oxycodone didn't cause the opioid crisis just because it's an addictive substance.
I know people who only became curious about the dark web after I used it a couple times. It just spreads, I guess.
The reason they were curious is because after some really invasive dental surgery (with lasers!) they were given a laughably small number of pills, a supply that would only last about 3 days at the recommended schedule, for an operation that the doctors know and warned them would hurt for around a week after.
I still believe harm reduction is the answer, but we're still years (possibly decades) away from a legal implementation. And it's not a full solution because you'll still have junkies, but it might become easier to help them once they don't have to totally hide themselves.
Which PFAS? At what concentrations? What's the effect size? QALY loss per person affected?
> What are you gaining from being dissembling about this entire thing? What about it rubs you the wrong way so much that you’re rationalizing its ills by spreading falsehoods?
These insinuations are horrible and unnecessary. Stop attacking the motives of people who question something, that's very much against the hacker spirit.
Many people just like questioning everything, particularly things others seem to care deeply about.
These are great questions, and maybe they should have all gotten conclusive answers before they are introduced to the market.
Prove that your crap is safe, before you sell it.
What you're suggesting is impossible.
From the first Google result I found (https://biorius.com/biorius-group/comparison-between-the-us-...)
> In Europe before selling anything, you must indeed make sure and confirm it will not harm anyone!
So I guess that’s why cosmetics and consumer goods don’t exist in the EU, eh?
I can’t help but think that’s an oversight from lack of imagination and lack of intuitive understanding of how much leaching and abrading goes on.
No they don't. Drug packaging is regulated too. It's tested for leeching, stability, etc.
I'm starting to get the feeling that many people are upset in this thread because they don't actually know what the current regulations are.
The practical implication is that your bloodstream is filled with relatively few small-molecule drugs and relatively many synthetic chemicals.
That makes no sense.
Of course a "packaging additive" only has to prove a lack of harm. What else would you prove?
[1] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d9/9e/63/d99e637a2aa93a9b4c88...
[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-3m-pfas-toxic-foreve...