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Re:Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @10:17AM (#39525062)
Lots of deliberately-missing-the-point by crusaders posting to your point, @nostrademons. Yes it's bad there's plastic in rainwater, they bang on about that like they've thought of something you missed.

But I agree we live with so many other risks, there may conceivably be better windmills to tilt.

Heart disease dominates the US health problems. Maybe we could do something about food in America. Something we can actually do something about, with a measurable improvement in living.

And so on.

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Re:Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due... by theGnuMe on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @12:12PM (#39526563)
PFAS, plastics etc.. are all related to food in America.
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Re:Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @07:11AM (#39536865)
Sure; but not related to health in the same way as the egregious use of fats and sugar. Start with first-order causes of health issues, then when that's dealt with move on to second-order and so on.
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