Microbes are still made of chemicals, it's just different chemicals
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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I hate the “chemicals bad” nonsense. It’s ignorant fearmongering. Meanwhile I eat chemicals for breakfast.
“It’s 100% natural!” “So is arsenic.” …
When I see “without chemicals” I just assume it’s shorthand for “without known harmful chemicals, probably” until I carefully read the label and learn more
Asbestos is literally 100% natural. A pure natural product.
So are hemlock and belladonna.
The internet also does get "the dose makes the poison".
And uranium and lava
And gamma rays and ebola
Really!? Crazy, imma read up on asbest today :), thanks for the factoid!
It's mineral mined from the ground.
My favorite: "With natural ingredients!"
I take it as shorthand for “without known harmful chemicals, probably, also, we think you’re an idiot”.
There are artificial colors that are not known to be harmful, so would that also mean they are without chemicals?
Everyone who eats and drinks chemicals will eventually die!
I knew someone who ate a chemical once and they died so it must be true.
Nonetheless, be careful especially with cosmetica. They don't use lead and arsen anymore only because it is forbidden now. Carcinogen and hormonal active substances are not rare there.
Geez, you've eaten so many chemicals, that's all you are made up of now
Yeah, I for one have never eaten anything except chemicals!
Oooo, quercetin, so spooky like myricetin and kaempferol. I can't even go outside for fear of the chemical cyanidin. Wait. Those are just banana flavour compounds. My bad.
Nerd <3
I started working at a job that had a "Do Not Dump Chemicals Down Sink" sign. I asked it that included H2O, because I actually poured water down it. They didn't like my joke.
They run a lab. They should know better.
They also know that you know what they mean.
Murdered...
So are you.
I'm excited to see the first color to cause a mass health event because the color wasn't fully sterilized because of cost cutting. I'm sure people will be really normal about it.
Bets on red btw.
I hope they’re not using dihydrogen monoxide for this. Literally anyone that consumes it dies.
I really like the specification of petrochemicals. Thats make a significant difference. That is awesome, the more places we can cut those industries out the better.
I thought the pic was 3 cookies and was all excited. Then I read the headline. I probably should not be left unsupervised in a lab.
Whoever wrote that headline needs to find a new way of making a living.
Going by 'colour', I'd guess that headline came from the UK. Writing them is a tricky, trippy task.