Researchers at the University of Arkansas have identified chloronitramide anion, a previously unknown byproduct of water disinfection that could have implications for public health, according to a new study published Thursday in Science.
I know you aren't arguing, but there is evidence that any huge crisis would have been investigated.
This isn't to say that small things can't cause comorbidities like you are saying, but that if there was a huge issue with long term use of chloramine, it most likely would have appeared by now.
Look at the Flint, MI crisis with the lead piping... that was covered pretty extensively - but no solution was easy.
How about the movie from a few years ago Dark Waters, about the teflon issue. Somebody started digging into that.
And the move Silkwood was about investigating workers that were getting contamination from improper handling of radioactive materials.
The whole Erin Brockovich investigation into contaminated water in a small town.
The movie The Insider, about the tobacco industry coverup, etc.
Thalidomide was pulled after only a few deaths and many birth defects - and it seemed like a pretty quick investigation and conclusion.
This is all to say that if something in the water was a huge cause for concern of millions of people - somebody somewhere would have noticed, most likely schools full of sick kids all in the same neighborhood.
Yes, there have always been secrets and coverups - Fluoride is one of them - but anything serious impacting huge cohorts, school kids are the best example of such, would have most likely been noticed in the last 100 years.
localsal 0 points 5 months ago
I know you aren't arguing, but there is evidence that any huge crisis would have been investigated.
This isn't to say that small things can't cause comorbidities like you are saying, but that if there was a huge issue with long term use of chloramine, it most likely would have appeared by now.
Look at the Flint, MI crisis with the lead piping... that was covered pretty extensively - but no solution was easy.
How about the movie from a few years ago Dark Waters, about the teflon issue. Somebody started digging into that.
And the move Silkwood was about investigating workers that were getting contamination from improper handling of radioactive materials.
The whole Erin Brockovich investigation into contaminated water in a small town.
The movie The Insider, about the tobacco industry coverup, etc.
Thalidomide was pulled after only a few deaths and many birth defects - and it seemed like a pretty quick investigation and conclusion.
This is all to say that if something in the water was a huge cause for concern of millions of people - somebody somewhere would have noticed, most likely schools full of sick kids all in the same neighborhood.
Yes, there have always been secrets and coverups - Fluoride is one of them - but anything serious impacting huge cohorts, school kids are the best example of such, would have most likely been noticed in the last 100 years.