Comment by fransje26
21 days ago
Yep. Reminds me of the arguments in favour of leaded petrol.
Thomas Midgley even organised an event for reporters where he poured pure tetraethyl lead on his hands and inhale its fumes for around a minute to show how safe it was. "I could do this every day without getting any health problems", he claimed. Once the reporters left, he needed a lay-down to recover.
There's a history of things like this: pfas, tobacco, asbestos, BPA, which are later found to cause issues. Generally regulation seems to be under the principle of "no concern until dangerous side-effects found" when it should obviously be the other way around (assumed dangerous until sufficiently rigorous trials show no adverse effects).