Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoShould Canada put cancer warnings on alcohol? Doctor says we have a right to know the riskswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkShould Canada put cancer warnings on alcohol? Doctor says we have a right to know the riskswww.cbc.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareNate CoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhy not choose alcohol? The “well you’re not doing it for literally everything all at once right now so you can’t do it at all” argument is pretty lame.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s kind of the opposite of the point I made. My point was to only label things that cause a truly significant risk of cancer so people don’t ignore the labels. My point was also that the article doesn’t state what the increased risk actually is.
Why not choose alcohol?
The “well you’re not doing it for literally everything all at once right now so you can’t do it at all” argument is pretty lame.
That’s kind of the opposite of the point I made. My point was to only label things that cause a truly significant risk of cancer so people don’t ignore the labels. My point was also that the article doesn’t state what the increased risk actually is.