Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 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-squaremessage-square657fedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down120
arrow-up1720arrow-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?Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square657fedilink
minus-squareShakeThatYam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 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-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 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.