Some people may claim the world is more dangerous than it was in the "good old days."Â But it's partially an ignorance-is-bliss situation . . . because we KNOW about more dangers than we did then.
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There's a list online of old common household items that are now considered "super dangerous."Â It includes:
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1. Lead-based paint and leaded gas.
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2. Chemically-made colors, with arsenic pigments.
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3. Buildings and household appliances that contained asbestos.
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4. Batteries and fertilizer containing cadmium.
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5. Talc in baby powder and cosmetic powders that's been linked to cancer.
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6. Teflon in non-stick cookware, which has cancer-causing chemicals. The primary concern is a chemical called "perfluorooctanoic acid," which was used to make Teflon until 2013.
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7. Science teachers using liquid mercury in school experiments.
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8. Cars only started requiring seatbelts in 1966, and in some states it took decades for seatbelts to become the law. Also: Car seats for babies didn't become a mainstream thing until the '80s.
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9. Around 50 years ago, hitchhiking was a common way of getting around.
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10. There's also cigarettes. And while people have known for a while that cigarettes can't be good for you . . . it's only been about 20 years since people were stopped from smoking indoors at restaurants, bars, and venues.
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(Buzzfeed)
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