That's exactly the point I'm trying to make (though a bit tongue in cheek). People usually don't like "chemicals" but don't understand what that means. Here I'm making a reference to the "petroleum/industrially derived chemicals" (admittedly also an imperfect category) as a commenter below suggests.

I like to substitute "petroleum distillates" when people say "chemicals".

Just like everything is a carcinogen. Damn near everything has to carry a warning that it contains a chemical known to be a cause cancer. Most infamously lately, Starbucks coffee.

Thanks California!

> Just like everything is a carcinogen

That's not true (nor equivalent transitively). What does this have to do with your derangements about California and Starbucks?

Have we collectively forgotten about this mess already?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-lawsuit-coffee...

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