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Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation? (lemmy.world)

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[-] staceybassoon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Artificial sweeteners

[-] plutolink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Increasingly, yes. It's shaping to be (ironically) the sugar of the 21st century, where sugar was touted as healthy in the 50s despite the effects on diabetes and obesity that we're still seeing now.

[-] dunloap@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

still seeing now

is a bit of an understatement, to say the least

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