One interesting point here is, for life expectancy to fall that much. A significant number of youth have to be affected. The article mentions drug overdoses ranking highly in rising mortality rates. There has been considerable news recently of fentanyl overdoses being a big issue. A quick keyword search reveals the fatal overdose quantity for fentanyl can be as low as 0.002 grams. I hope people are taking steps to protect themselves is they use substances like fentanyl.
If a fatal dosage of fentanyl is 0.002 grams. What does a dosage that size even look like? Is it easy to measure on a scale? I think this is the type of information people need. But there doesn't appear to be much urgency to cover the topic.
The rate of drug overdose is also increasing in my country. Just recently three female students were found dead in a room and drug samples was found in their rooms. Depression, frustration and financial challenges due to high rate unexpected layoff and unemployment is also fueling the increase in drug use. The recent discoveries of drug producing laboratories in different residential areas in my locality is a proof that there is an increase in drug use.
I think we've reached the point in society where the oversight of companies is so compromised that they're literally being allowed to sell us toxic poison under the guise of food. The problem with microplastics in our processed food has gotten so out of control that...
Exactly, a lot of nutrients supposed to obtained naturally are now manufactured and produced by mixture of chemicals. I don't know if to blame science or that these nutrients are now becoming more difficult and almost impossible to get. Packaged foods have also been praised as better food option to natural organic meals, we now have less vegetables and fruits in our diets.
Chemicals used in preserving food is causing more harm than good and the government is careless about this slow killers. These days the government seems very interested in how to propel economic recovery than the health of the people.They are pursuing increase in revenue generation through tax and import duties. Even when these products are unwholesome, they still protect these firms because of the fear of loosing tax revenue.
In my country there is little or no regulation as regards to the kind of products these food processing companies push into the market. Most of these consumer protection agencies are manned by corrupt officials that are only interested in receiving bribes from erring companies.