History repeats itself

Glass is the best food container. Leaves no residue or chemicals, easily recyclable, and even in a landfill it just turns into sand.

Fun fact: the Romans knew that lead was toxic from their own observations, but still chose to use it because it was just so useful, and because the health effects are chronic so do not manifest for a long time, meaning it could be much more easily ignored until it was too late.

Sound familiar?

Fun fact, lead is delicious and counts itself among the most historically accepted forbidden snacks. Wine, in veggies absorbed through fertilizer, dissolved in solution, lead can be, and has been, enjoyed many ways.

The US still has a lot of lead pipes and I think that kind of explains a lot.

not just plastic bottles / containers,
we literally have teflon cookware

Would you crosspost this (or give me permission to crosspost) to RoughRomanMemes and HistoryMemes? This is perfect!

For some extra context for those not in the know - the Romans boiled down wine in lead pots to make sweetener, because the lead made it even sweeter. Not because they didn't know that lead was bad - they understood it full well, and even associated certain forms of lead poisoning with lead cosmetics.

But sweetener? Just a little tasty sweetener on your bread and in your wine? What could go wrong!

That lead pipes are still around is even funnier: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67585011

Same with cars. But don't worry, they'll be electric soon!

Do we know microplastics to be toxic?

Most of USA still use lead pipes for tap water

Yummy, I love eating garbage

i know im gonna get hated for this, but: fluoride tap water

We don't have enough data to know whether plastic is actually harmful to humans long-term. A better comparison would be lead paint or leaded gasoline.