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groundzeros2015today at 2:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

The article fails to mention risk and the amounts that create those. In typical journalist fashion it just emphasizes the word “chemical” and other scary framings.


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cluckindantoday at 2:06 PM

True. The risk is heavily downplayed, since the health effects manifest in decades and can be blamed on lifestyle factors, while the amounts causing health issues are in the order of parts per trillion.

OutOfHeretoday at 4:18 PM

Well it is scary and harmful. Since it accumulates in the body, the safe level is zero. Do you work for the chemical industry?