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by barefoot 1937 days ago
An important consideration is the number of lives are phthalates improving or saving, something that might be challenging to quantify but shouldn’t be ignored.

Mobile phone use leads to thousands (US) [0] of deaths per year but there are few calls to outright ban smartphones.

Similarly, automobiles lead to tens of thousands of deaths per year (US) [1] and yet only minor support to ban or minimize these death machines.

There are countless other examples of useful objects that provide first order - easy to reason about - benefits that come with steep prices that we are willing to pay.

[0] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving

[1] https://www.asirt.org/safe-travel/road-safety-facts/