That’s exactly right. Those same people don’t realize what is happening to our Franken-food (”oh, but we can trust the FDA!”) or with the air (dropping aluminum in the skies to prevent fake global warming, “oh, but the EPA would tell us if it were unhealthy to breathe!”), not to mention all the pharms and junk in the water already.
It’s tough alright. You can filter your water, try to grow as much as your own food as possible (and that mileage varies greatly by location and circumstance), but the assaults are relentless. I suspect that people would have had to begin waking up 30-40 years ago to prevent the mess that we have now; at this point, I’m not too optimistic...