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Every 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? (lemmy.world)

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[-] djmarcone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure we're gonna regret the micro plastics.

[-] mouserat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

My guess is future generations will look back in horror how people used stirring devices in plastic bowls, tearing down the inner layer right into their food. I imagine a monochrome flashback scene in a documentary.

[-] orientalsniper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's already inside all of us.

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023

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