So you in favour of governments taking actions that remove products from the market and remove the choice from people? You like artificial sweeteners so everyone should have them?
Breathing contaminated air is a concern and does need to be addressed.
Whatabouttery isn’t helpful here. "If you aren’t concerned by pollution, you shouldn’t be concerned by sweeteners. Or… We could be concerned about both.
Downplaying risks to plant seeds of doubt has been successful in tobacco, fossil fuels etc. It is why industry invests in partial “science”. Parroting those lines doesn’t make society better off.
Many industries are casting doubt on polluting behaviour with the “conclusively prove the link or it’s speculation” argument. It’s why the Precautionary Principle is important.
I dont like artificial sweeteners, I hate the aftertaste. What I like is harmful products like tobacco, alcohol and sugar that corporations use to get people addicted and sick, being taxed.
Also I am concerned with pollution, but unless there is an alternative, I dont want breathing to be taxed. If the choice is between only the extremely harmful sugar being taxed and all sweet drinks being taxed just the same, I want the less harmful products to be prioritized.
So you in favour of governments taking actions that remove products from the market and remove the choice from people? You like artificial sweeteners so everyone should have them?
Breathing contaminated air is a concern and does need to be addressed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1r1zne1ro
Whatabouttery isn’t helpful here. "If you aren’t concerned by pollution, you shouldn’t be concerned by sweeteners. Or… We could be concerned about both.
Downplaying risks to plant seeds of doubt has been successful in tobacco, fossil fuels etc. It is why industry invests in partial “science”. Parroting those lines doesn’t make society better off.
Many industries are casting doubt on polluting behaviour with the “conclusively prove the link or it’s speculation” argument. It’s why the Precautionary Principle is important.
I dont like artificial sweeteners, I hate the aftertaste. What I like is harmful products like tobacco, alcohol and sugar that corporations use to get people addicted and sick, being taxed.
Also I am concerned with pollution, but unless there is an alternative, I dont want breathing to be taxed. If the choice is between only the extremely harmful sugar being taxed and all sweet drinks being taxed just the same, I want the less harmful products to be prioritized.