'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens

Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by somehnguy on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @12:44PM (#26156541)

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.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by shockeychap on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:10PM (#26156870)

It's just another example of feel-good legislation that does more harm than good.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by colechristensen on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:21PM (#26159491)

It’s an example of well intentioned legislation poorly implemented.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by shockeychap on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:44PM (#26159743)

Name one piece of modern legislation that isn't regarded as "well intentioned" by those passing it.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by colechristensen on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:27PM (#26160188)

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.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by paconbork on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:49PM (#26157317)

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

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