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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago (6 children)

I agree with the message but I don't know if arsenic + toxic algae in water necessarily deserve two separate slots in the Top 8 Prospective Millennial Parent Worries.

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[–] SterlingVapor@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I'm more worried about the plastic, pesticides, degraded pharmaceuticals and heavy metals myself

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[–] radicalmilquetoast@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yes, including... freshwater fish! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/freshwater-fish-contaminated-forever-chemicals

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[–] Bruce@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago*

More generally the sixth mass extinction

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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

PFAS chemicals should really be what we're worrying about. They never break down, they're highly carcinogenic, and they're used in a lot of plastics.

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[–] SterlingVapor@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Kinda what I meant by plastics

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[+] LollerCorleone@kbin.social -18 points 3 years ago

Yeah, that was a bit odd lol. I assume the last article the artist read before drawing this comic would have been about that, and it was pretty fresh in their memory.

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