• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    I hate how every time we come up with a new “miracle” chemical that solves really big issues it ends up being either carcinogenic or devastatingly harmful to the environment.

    It’s like how we almost made bed bugs extinct in America but the chemical being used was causing cancer and birth defects.

    Why can’t we have nice chemical things!?!?

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      H2O is a pretty nice chemical, that makes people drinking it less thristy, and is good for plants and animals as well. Just be careful that you don’t have too much of it, and you are good.

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        ⚠️Stay away from dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO).⚠️ This dangerous chemical shows an 100% fatality rate for those who have consumed it, and can cause instant death when inhaled.

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      Why can’t we have nice chemical things!?!?

      Because we live by the p-value today. We’d rather get eaten alive by bed bugs every night for the next 60 years instead of having up to a 20% increased chance of developing cancer when we turn 73.

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      We can. Plenty of good stuff. Or at least, not terrible stuff. But it makes more profit to get something out quick and see how it goes than do long, serious, costly research before releasing a product.