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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by hammock on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:28PM (#14270928)
Right, and we don't eat them....what's your point
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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by lambdadmitry on Friday May 05, 2017 @07:28AM (#14272608)
We do. The most obvious example is read meat (which is now officially designated cancerogene), a bit less obvious is various "natural" herbal medications that induce renal failure [1] and cancer [2]. People consumed those substances for centuries, only to find out recently that they are harmful.

[1]: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crim/2015/150204/

[2]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/1343598/Chinese-herb-...

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