Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by josephcsible on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:30PM
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The point isn't that cancer doesn't matter. It's that by putting cancer warnings on things with a 1-in-a-trillion lifetime chance of causing cancer, you desensitize people to cancer warnings on things that actually do pose a significant cancer risk.
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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by somehnguy on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:44PM
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Yup. The joke around here is that 'everything causes cancer in California'. Nobody takes those labels seriously because they're on everything and give 0 indication of risk level compared to other items with the same label.
Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by shockeychap on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:10PM
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It's just another example of feel-good legislation that does more harm than good.
Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by colechristensen on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:21PM
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Itβs an example of well intentioned legislation poorly implemented.
Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by shockeychap on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:44PM
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Name one piece of modern legislation that isn't regarded as "well intentioned" by those passing it.
Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by colechristensen on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:27PM
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I guess I am judging the intentions of those passing it, not reflecting how they would judge their own intentions.
There is a whole philosophical bent about what "good" intentions might be which is way off topic.
Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
by paconbork on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:49PM
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Reminds me of a similar observation with drug side-effects on WebMD: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/webmd-and-the-tragedy-...
When the side effects for ibuprofen read similarly to those of far more dangerous prescription drugs, then they're really not helpful