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by concordDance 1093 days ago
Uh... I think you're assuming all your readers have the same precise understanding of "actually dangerous" that you do.

Is walking "actually dangerous"? Is cycling? Is driving? Is swimming? Is hang gliding? Different people will give different answers to these questions and I've even kept them all to the domain of transportation!

Once you get to the realm of all chemistry things get very murky. E.g. Is sugar dangerous?

In practice we're evolved creatures full of hacks that work well enough to mostly not die before we've had kids, I would be very surprised if there was a single substance we consume (both intentionally and not) that doesn't damage something.