Comment on Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals

• magnetosphere@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “It’s 100% natural!”
  “So is arsenic.”
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  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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      • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And uranium and lava

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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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      • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s mineral mined from the ground.

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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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