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Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by ben_w on Thursday December 01, 2022 @10:48AM (#33817835)
In principal, known toxins (when at anything even close to toxic doses when used normally) should be just not allowed in consumer products in the first place.

In practice, people like their alcoholic drinks and don't understand why that by itself is enough to require the Californian proposition 65 "substances at this location are known to cause cancer" sticker.

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Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by ryandrake on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:44AM (#33818810)
The good news is that the FDA sets "acceptable levels"[1] in food, for things like animal feces, insect infestation, mold, rodent hairs and filth, maggots, and so on, beyond which enforcement is mandatory. The bad news is they are nonzero.

1: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/insect-rodent-filth-in...

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Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by carlmr on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:50PM (#33819786)
>The bad news is they are nonzero.

Especially with mold, zero is very very difficult to attain.

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