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pbhjpbhjtoday at 10:01 AM3 repliesview on HN

Are you alleging that California claims stuff to be carcinogenic without evidence?

Do you have a supposed motive?

Any evidence?

Whilst it's a bit of a meme, isn't it just true that a lot of stuff is carcinogenic.


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dlcarriertoday at 8:58 PM

Pretty much every state, national, and international health or safety organizations deals with possible carcinogens, or sometimes probable carcinogens, because testing to prove something is a carcinogen is expensive.

ceejayoztoday at 11:08 AM

California’s threshold is far too low to be useful. The end result is basically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue

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voakbasdatoday at 1:57 PM

Well, the “experts” say a charred steak is carcinogenic. At that point, I stopped listening to anything out of their mouths. It might be true, but it’s also a matter of degree.

California has set such a low threshold that one cannot take their label seriously about anything. It applies to nearly everything, making it effectively a useless warning.

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