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  • I know it looks like this sometimes, but it’s really not all that bad.

    I’m a chemist, I work mostly in (workplace) safety, hazardous materials and waste, so I sorta-kinda know what I’m talking about. I’m also a random internet stranger, so definitely check my data for yourself.

    Compared to 50 or 60 years ago, when we had leased gasoline, asbestos carpets, ashtrays at macdonalds, trash burning in cities, indoor gas/oil lamps, coal heaters and pewter/lead cups (well ok, not those last ones but you get the idea), we’re doing SO much better.

    If we didn’t ban all those things, you literally wouldn’t be able to spot the problems coming from BPA. It would be lost in the noise from how bad all those other things are for your health.

    That’s not to say we should ignore microplastics, or that they’re healthy, or that modern people are whiny babies. Absolutely not. BPA is absolutely bad for you, but it’s more of a “dog biting your hand” type of bad, as opposed to the “bear mauling your face” level of bad we had in the 60s and 70s. Both can kill you, but you’ll barely notice the dog while having your face mauled.