The whole thing does border on ridiculous. It loses a lot of meaning when you see signs in basically every building, labels on basically every product..
at the same time though… it is a bit shocking. Like- you go to the store and the vegetables and fruits have cancer warnings and it’s like…
One way to look at it is laugh about how dumb it is to have these warnings because everything seems to give you cancer but the other way to look at it is to consider how sort of horrifying our way of life and technology are when we can make an apple need a cancer warning.
It would be difficult but it might be nice if they mandated some sort of ranking so that you could get some idea of how bad the single exposure risk is, like Plutonium… probably pretty high. Gasoline? High but lower. Some food dye, maybe very low? At least that way if your breakfast has a cancer warning on it you have some idea if the manufacturer just grilled the eggs or something Vs. They sprayed it with jet fuel to give
at the same time though… it is a bit shocking. Like- you go to the store and the vegetables and fruits have cancer warnings and it’s like…
One way to look at it is laugh about how dumb it is to have these warnings because everything seems to give you cancer but the other way to look at it is to consider how sort of horrifying our way of life and technology are when we can make an apple need a cancer warning.
It would be difficult but it might be nice if they mandated some sort of ranking so that you could get some idea of how bad the single exposure risk is, like Plutonium… probably pretty high. Gasoline? High but lower. Some food dye, maybe very low? At least that way if your breakfast has a cancer warning on it you have some idea if the manufacturer just grilled the eggs or something Vs. They sprayed it with jet fuel to give