Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years 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-square492fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down112
arrow-up1235arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square492fedilink
minus-squareShakeThatYam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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.
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.