If you think about it it's quite insane what we did as a species and we survived.
Alchemists conjured thousands of weird new substances, and we just shoved them everywhere they seemed fit. Asbestos everywhere, lead in gasoline, expanded polypropylene wrapping food and holding warm coffee, plasticisers practically everywhere..
And we only really learned about the ones that stood out as the worst. The effect of others, slower acting will keep being uncovered for decades to come.
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Alchemists conjured thousands of weird new substances, and we just shoved them everywhere they seemed fit. Asbestos everywhere, lead in gasoline, expanded polypropylene wrapping food and holding warm coffee, plasticisers practically everywhere..
And we only really learned about the ones that stood out as the worst. The effect of others, slower acting will keep being uncovered for decades to come.