So maybe the huge worry people had after the news that WHO would classify it as cancerous was a little too much. I think the media could have reported on it in a bit more responsible way.

  • clearleaf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The constant stupidity around food makes science look really really bad and I bet it’s the biggest contributor to people not trusting doctors and climate scientists. Personally I’ve become something like an antivaxer but with food. If people have been eating it for hundreds of years I trust it regardless of what studies say, and if it’s newfangled processed food I don’t trust it, also ignoring any study. I can easily see why some people wouldn’t differentiate between these alarmist food studies and the much more legitimate areas of science. It’s wrong but I understand exactly where they’re coming from.