| ▲ | drob518 12 hours ago |
| Way to ruin my Friday. Sigh. Now, I can’t even drink to forget society’s ills. |
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| ▲ | timr 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| If you're going to worry about beer, worry about the alcohol, which is unquestionably toxic and carcinogenic. This study is almost like an intentional parody of people who miss the forest for the trees: "lead poisoning a leading cause of death in gunshot victims!" |
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| ▲ | Spivak 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Also liver damage has got to be one of the worst lived experiences that exists. And alcohol seems to slowly accumulate that damage over time. After seeing the end state with my grandparents and experiencing the end state with a viral infection I decided that alcohol just isn't worth it. It's not that good of an experience compared to alternatives to justify that awfulness. | | |
| ▲ | timr 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Don't misunderstand me: I enjoy a drink now and again, but it's obviously silly to be obsessing about PFAS in beer when the alcohol is the definitive risk to your health, with a double underscore. That said, as long as you aren't consuming regularly in excess, even the alcohol isn't going to affect your lifespan. It just goes to illustrate the relative levels of absurdity involved here. | |
| ▲ | myvoiceismypass 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | What sorts of alternatives are you comparing to, if I might ask? (I personally find cannabis very different than alcohol in lots of ways) |
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| ▲ | drob518 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | And now you’re going to give me another thing to worry about?!?! |
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| ▲ | biglyburrito 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You still can, just don't drink beer made in US plague states. Here's the study map: https://pubs.acs.org/cms/10.1021/acs.est.4c11265/asset/image... And here's the 2024 presidential election map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/El... |
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| ▲ | Insanity 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Or.. drink enough of it until you forget that you were worried in the first place. I feel it's needless to say that's not actual advice.. but well, better safe than sorry lol. EDIT: I mean, of all the health reasons not to drink beer.. PFAS is _probably_ not the main one to worry about? I'm not a doctor, but it seems there's already enough known adverse effects that this additional piece of information is probably not a dealbreaker for those who drink? | |
| ▲ | daveidol 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Now do the crime map! |
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