[Zach_the_Lizard]

The story of humanity can be summed up as: "what if we changed our environment without understanding it?" with both wonderful and wretched consequences.

The same fires that poison the air we breathe also power life saving medical equipment so that we can keep breathing.

Micro plastics, endocrine disrupters and more have been unleashed. I am sure their effects will prove to be less than positive on both humans and wildlife.

But in trying to snuff out the next great environmental crisis, will we account for the benefits we've derived from the use of these materials when we do our cost-benefit analysis? The effects on innovation?

Did curiosity kill the cat, but save cats?

[bee_rider]

We have think of it differently now, stuff like lead and asbestos were bad, but localized mostly. We’re running the microplastic experiment on everybody simultaneously.