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This commonly used plastic chemical caused 350,000 heart disease-related deaths in 1 year (grist.org)

submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/publichealth@mander.xyz

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[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The chemical is DEHP

Clickbait-ass title.

[–] moxlas@discuss.online 10 points 1 day ago

Thanks for that man. Clickbaity titles should be bannable.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Oh it's in PVC. That's not used in a ton of houses for anything important like drinking water.