@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 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-square665arrow-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?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square665
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•1 year agoWhile what you say is generally true, I would add that many diseases were “rare” in pre-modern times because they were not easily diagnosis at the time or because people were killed earlier by something else that is now treatable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoSure, but incidence of lung cancer went way up as tobacco consumption rose heavily in the early 20th century.
While what you say is generally true, I would add that many diseases were “rare” in pre-modern times because they were not easily diagnosis at the time or because people were killed earlier by something else that is now treatable.
Sure, but incidence of lung cancer went way up as tobacco consumption rose heavily in the early 20th century.