Posted on 12/23/2024 9:48:24 AM PST by grundle
I wonder how many different "scientists" missed the simple #math error in #MeganLiu's study that caused an unjustified panic over #BlackPlasticUtensils.
Oh look. Their organization is called #ToxicFreeFuture.
This is why I favor meritocracy instead of #SocialJustice or #DEI.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/black-plastic-spatulas-really-bad-164241783.html
How about the idiot Tedros, the head of the WHO, who calculated the mortality rate of Covid 19 at 4%....instead of 4/10ths of 1 Percent!
The simple math error is...?
All I notice is that obnoxious habit of mashing words together and putting a tic-tac-toe sign in front of some of them.
They do that with all the environmental studies...
I remember back in the 70s Ca did a study that claimed milk causes cancer. When it was published it destroyed the dairy industry. Turns out a couple years later they admitted it might cause cancer if you drink milk everyday for 350 years. Who lives that long? They had purposely hid that little detail.
I’m still waiting for an example proving used motor oil causes cancer. They haven’t proved that study yet either.
I went to all stainless years ago. The only plastic utensils I have are spatulas. I use wood or stainless. Some are from my grandmother who said wood was easier to keep bacteria from forming if kept clean and dry.
I before E except after 3?
TL;DR: They overstated the dose by a factor of 10 due to an "error" multiplying two numbers.
From linked article (link in the subject article) emphasis added:
In the study, researchers estimated that using black plastic kitchenware could cause an intake of 34,700 nanograms a day of decaBDE. But, in a section of the study on “Health and Exposure Concerns,” the researchers said that amount “would approach” the established safe exposure limit set by the EPA (also known as a reference dose).The study notes that the reference dose for decaBDE is 7,000 nanograms per kilogram of body weight a day; the reference dose for a 60-kilogram (132-pound) adult, it calculated, would be 42,000 nanograms a day. That would put this exposure at more than 80% of the EPA’s limit.
Here’s the thing: The math was incorrect. Sixty multiplied by 7,000 is actually 420,000, not 42,000. As a result, the exposure amount of 34,700 nanograms a day of decaBDE from black plastic is less than a 10th of the established EPA limit.
The classic error is the misplaced decimal point that got our mothers to feed us all that spinach to gives us Iron.
0.4% fatality rate for covid, 1.4% fatality rate for my covid shot.
I was blasted on some forum when I did the math using the county provided statistics and it came out to 0.3% average death rate for kung flu noting that 80% of anyone who did “officially” from kung flu were over 80 years old. The hospitals put every death from kung flu for the cha-ching. I even pointed out an elderly woman in her 90s had a stroke and it was called a covid death.
I was flagged for “misinformation” even though I used government provided statistics. Sadly there are kids walking to and from the local school wearing masks.
LOL good thinking question everything.
‘In the study, researchers estimated that using black plastic kitchenware could cause an intake of 34,700 nanograms a day of decaBDE.’
I like black plastic kitchenware because I don’t have to wash it.
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