Comment on Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals

CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I hate the “chemicals bad” nonsense. It’s ignorant fearmongering. Meanwhile I eat chemicals for breakfast.

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  • magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “It’s 100% natural!”
    “So is arsenic.”
    …

    When I see “without chemicals” I just assume it’s shorthand for “without known harmful chemicals, probably” until I carefully read the label and learn more

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    • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Asbestos is literally 100% natural. A pure natural product.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So are hemlock and belladonna.

        The internet also does get “the dose makes the poison”.

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      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Really!? Crazy, imma read up on asbest today :), thanks for the factoid!

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    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My favorite: “With natural ingredients!”

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    • EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I take it as shorthand for “without known harmful chemicals, probably, also, we think you’re an idiot”.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There are artificial colors that are not known to be harmful, so would that also mean they are without chemicals?

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  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Everyone who eats and drinks chemicals will eventually die!

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    • EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I knew someone who ate a chemical once and they died so it must be true.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nonetheless, be careful especially with cosmetica. They don’t use lead and arsen anymore only because it is forbidden now. Carcinogen and hormonal active substances are not rare there.

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  • Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Geez, you’ve eaten so many chemicals, that’s all you are made up of now

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    • Manjushri@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, I for one have never eaten anything except chemicals!

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  • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I started working at a job that had a “Do Not Dump Chemicals Down Sink” sign. I asked it that included H2O, because I actually poured water down it. They didn’t like my joke.

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    • EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They run a lab. They should know better.

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      • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They also know that you know what they mean.

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  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oooo, quercetin, so spooky like myricetin and kaempferol. I can’t even go outside for fear of the chemical cyanidin. Wait. Those are just banana flavour compounds. My bad.

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    • Ancalagon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nerd <3

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• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Murdered…

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So are you.

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