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In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The Graduate - 1967

One word: Plastics.

This one word is how they allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives.

The scene is even more strange considering Dustin Hoffman was a chemist for Maxwell House before becoming an actor. If anyone might have been familiar with the dangers of plastics at that point, it might have been someone like Hoffman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most plastics are not inherently toxic.

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