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Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Nov-2021 15:35:03 EDT Hypolite Petovan

Bisphenol A in plastics isn't that harmful, but the overblown public panic surrounding it still forced manufacturers to follow the "No BPA" trend and fall back on other compounds that haven't been the target of a misled public safety campaign (yet).
nytimes.com/wirecutter/blo… https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/bpa-panic-accomplished-nothing/

♲ @lingerie_addict@twitter.com: What is one thing that when you learned it, changed your perspective forever?

Mine was learning that many of the gadgets I saw on late night TV commercials were made with disabled people in mind, but had to marketed to abled folks as well to stay in business.
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  Blue Shift: How the Panic Over BPA Accomplished Nothing
  
  from Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World
  
  BPA-free” products still have BPA-like materials in them that pose similar health risks. Was the freakout worth it?

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