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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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Where is the line?
We interact with hundreds if not thousands of chemicals in every ordinary act of life. This is not just unavoidable, it's normal and natural, and has been going on for centuries if not millenia.
Are you proposing we stop cooking food (which results in chemical alterations of the underlying food). What about soap?
You have a point, but you've oversimplified it and taken it to an extreme where it's no longer a sound or balanced idea.