• rayyy@piefed.social
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        Chemist here. Pretty sure it is the pesticides. Farmers aren’t living as long as their parent farmers. Pesticides are linked to many diseases in farmers . " …it was observed that 12 out of 30 pesticides used worldwide were associated with an increased risk of some cancers, in particular those of the prostate, lung, colon, and/or pancreas. In addition to the increased risk of cancer, medical studies have documented fertility and pregnancy impacts in agricultural workers among other significant health conditions."

      • furry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        14 hours ago

        USA food regulation is crazy

        in most of the world a principle of prohibited untill proven safe is followed, in the land of free questionable chemicals in your food a principle of allowed untill proven unsafe is followed

        • frongt@lemmy.zip
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          Well… You can’t really prove something is safe. You can only say “we were unable to demonstrate any link to known harm”. PFAS was considered safe for decades. So was asbestos. Then the science got better, and we were able to show things we couldn’t before.