Everyone knows about carbon emissions, dumping trash on the ocean, deforestation etc. What are the lesser known environmental disasters?

  • sgtlion [any]
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    3 years ago

    Reminds me of Monsanto's "You could drink a gallon of it!" guy when pretending that glyphosate was safe.

    Spoilers: He refused to even drink a teaspoonful >:(

    • sgtlion [any]
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      3 years ago

      Dang, in fact PFOA basically had the exact same thing happen

      'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid#Sources_to_people - as news stories began to raise concerns about PFOA in microwaved popcorn, Dan Turner, DuPont's global public relations chief, said, "I serve microwave popcorn to my three-year-old." Five years later, journalist Peter Laufer wrote to Turner to ask if his child was still eating microwave popcorn. "I am not going to comment on such a personal inquiry", Turner replied'

    • UlyssesT
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      19 days ago

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