How come more people talk about the health hazards of smoking then some of the o!


Question:

How come more people talk about the health hazards of smoking then some of the other things we use today?

Most of the meats we eat have hormones( not good for you) Most of the shampoos and soaps, make-up, have chemicals that are bad for you. I don't smoke not do I allow it in my house but why don't they take all of that junk out of the stuff we use if it's so dangerous? I know hey make foods without all of this stuff but why don't they just make it to begin with? They make it but then they put a high pricetag on it.

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4 weeks ago
I was told by the lady at the health food store that some of the things they put in our shampoos,soaps, washing powders, could cause ovarian cyst and female problems. I never knew this.


Answers:

Smoking has been linked much more strongly to far more serious diseases than the hormones and chemicals in the products you mentioned. On the other hand, we've known about the harmful effects of smoking for longer, so perhaps in time we'll know more about the effects of the things you mention (especially the hormones in meat, I think, are probably linked to more serious outcomes than we currently realize, but I have no evidence of that, so it's neither here nor there!).

As for why companies continue to use them... it will always be about the bottom line. They can make a lot more profit by making food and products with these cheaper chemical methods, than if they go the natural route, which generally doesn't lend itself as much to fast mass-production and super-long shelf lives.




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