If you make it past the childhood diseases and avoid accidental death you can live a long time.

I recall playing with mercury as a kid. Not a lot but did it.  Usually got it from thermometers.

Also messed with asbestos my father had laying around.  Seeing if it would burn.

The heating ducts in our house were covered in asbestos.  House was built in the late 40s.

When they finally got a new gas furnace they had the asbestos removed almost completely but there were still a few bits in places.

My grandparents house was built in the 20s and they still had the original (converted to an oil burner) coal burning octopus furnace.

That thing was encased in asbestos like a mummy.

Having asbestos on the old furnaces and the heating ducts was an issue when you went to sell your house.

You would find a local furnace guy who come in and he would wet it down and strip it off, bag it, then put it in a dumpster someplace.

Did he wear a hazmat suit and respirator?  Heck no.

The person who bought the house was none the wiser and the bank would give the mortgage.

Yes, imagine when we had none of all the things you listed 200 years ago.. people died at 50

I definitely get what you’re saying and I’m not discrediting you. But it’s not quite accurate. My grandparents lived to be in their high 90s. Here in the USA we consider anyone over 96 to be elderly. Not sure about your island in the UK territories and what is considered golden age milestone age. Lots of people in the news who also turned 100 and even over 100. Doctors used to promote smoking as healthy. Back in history, kids used to play with mercury and the smog has always been around. Everyone has been exposed to carcinogens and pollutions of some sort all throughout history. It’s the luck of the draw if you don’t get affected or if you’re selected to become sick from the secret machine that rules the world. With all we’re up against, I don’t think it’s worthwhile to worry about sweeteners.

 

How old are you?  Most of your posts have a juvenile theme.

Worry about yourself. Kwon is fine and makes more sense than a lot of people on here. He’s right (as usual). Hollywood is OUT of ideas and seems to want to destroy anything classic and beloved from the 80s and 90s.

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