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Every 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? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disagree, we know alcohol is dangerous so it's not a surprise. Looking for things that are believed to be safe and normal but actually aren't

i.e. teflon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At least something where some new danger might be discovered in further study. We have enough studies to show alcohol destroys basically every aspect of the body in some way.

I think people are reading this prompt in two different ways. Some people are reading it as "what will be something we discover new dangers of" and others are reading it as "what unhealthy thing might he less socially acceptable in the future"