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There's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_dioxide#Possible_carc..., which is used in many glazes and coatings, but also as a whitener in health supplements and toothpaste!

This recent case seems to correlate closely with that research:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-55330945 (Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Air pollution a factor in girl's death, inquest finds)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/16/girls-de...

Marshmallow leaf is often used as an alternative for those seeking to quit tobacco, and does have known health benefits:

https://www.real-leaf.com/blogs/realleaf-blog/smoking-marshm...

Although certainly any combusted plant will produce tar, and this is well known to cause pulmonary issues which will indeed place more stress upon the heart.

Lack of guidance and cultural context leads to abuse of all sorts of substances. For all the ills of alcohol, there is at least (in the west) a degree of "acceptable usage" existing in society, something which almost every other recreational substance is currently missing.

True, but this was for tobacco, and the ban was mainly to protect non-smoking workers (and more recently the patrons) in restaurants and bars who started suffering with long term health complications usually attributed to smokers. The lawsuits would have crippled the industry, so the change was largely financial in nature, such is the basis of most public health legislation.

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2013/08/01/secondhand-smoke-in-ba...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29870518/

For controls on residential buildings, we would need better standards in shared housing construction and perhaps also we could take a look at better airflow and particulate filtration methods. I expect it will be some time (and perhaps another airborne pandemic?) for that to be addressed seriously.

Going off recent accounts, it's not looking great:

https://weather.com/science/environment/news/2017-11-28-germ...

https://www.hs2rebellion.earth/2021/04/27/high-court-judge-g...

Poland still has something like 30% tree coverage which is quite impressive, given the decimation that has occured in other european nations.

Here's a global tracker, for anyone who's interested:

https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/global/

Furthermore, this attitude persisted well into the Reagan & Bush administrations, with the "war on drugs" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance#Narcotics

>I have a strong worries that our current generation will have a similar huge reckoning with marijuana.

I think "Cannabis" is the prefered term nowadays. The word "Marijuana" has negative cultural connotations which we would do well to escape when discussing this issue.

The problem is that the research into the risks of exposure to both of these substances was/is not exactly at the top of the list due to various factors.

That said, I'd take my chances with a bong over a car exhaust *or drinking water pipe. At least you have some choice over what goes into (and, consequently comes out) of the former.

To take this idea one step further, each of those options could be attributed to a colour value. Then, instead of "greying out" the resulting comment would be an amalgam of the received votes, giving an indication of exactly what it was in particular that caused the comment to be downvoted. The stronger hues would then indicate a degree of consensus among the audience.

Of course, the same should be applied the other way, so when upvoting, one could also choose to assign a value for "this is good but could be improved", "I have a different opinion, but the above comment is worthy of consideration", "this is simply a correct take" and "this comment is pleasing to me".

And for the sake of readability, maybe instead of the whole comment being coloured, a marker could be applied before or after unadulterated text so that it remained accessible during the course of this process!

The challenge would be in deciding which colors represent what sentiment, as these days even our visible light spectrum seems to be corrupted by political/moral/tribal prejudgements. So perhaps it would do more harm than good. It may make for an interesting experiment, all the same.

Amazing work here!

Currently rocking Aladdin - "A whole new world" with the Super Mario brothers soundfont from Kirb7890.

https://bitmidi.com/a-whole-new-world-theme-from-aladdin-mid

https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts?formats=sf2&tags=sou...

What's that "meow" sound I hear coming from that box over there?

That's good to hear. Peace to you, too!

So he was a patriot after all?

All jokes aside, in that book there is the quote:

"All art is propaganda; on the other hand, not all propaganda is art."

History judges which is which by virtue of whether or not it succeeds in its objective(s). But history is itself another form of propaganda, so alas, we are all once again stuck here in this mess we call "today".

Very true, but touching grass is certainly easier for some than for others.

How many people actually have a garden these days? Access to the great outdoors was further confounded by the recent lockdown, too.

π was a great movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShdmErv5jvs

That's a very nicely designed craft. It's shape brings to mind the Anvil Aerospace C8X Pisces from Star Citizen.

Also, Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Dickesode" had something to say on the shape of things to come! - https://vimeo.com/684452271

What does this vapid and emotive statement actually serve to achieve, given the fact that you could say the same about literally any country engaged in warfare throughout the entire history of civilisation?

Are all human beings not worthy of the same respect, regardless of ethnicity or nationality?

The Guardian has been comprimised as a news outlet for some time, after they tried to report on the Snowden case. They are just flypaper for for the left nowadays.

From hackernews a couple of years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20937555 (How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian )

Futher reading: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/five-reason... (narrator: but they didn't do anything about it..)

for the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2xBXm4y70

It's certainly not terrible advice, but for those wanting a primer on such things before committing themselves any further, I would suggest reading a book titled "One River" by Wade Davis.

Nicely put.

Your comment reminds me that I really need to re-watch ghost in the shell!

Perhaps this is just all just a coincidence?

https://www.step.org/industry-news/fca-extends-uk-crypto-ass...

Or perhaps not, who knows?