Cory Doctorow on Nostr: I've lived in California five times now, and I've never once seen a shred of evidence ...
I've lived in California five times now, and I've never once seen a shred of evidence that a Prop 65 warning deters anyone from buying, consuming, using, or approaching *anything*. I mean, *Disneyland* is plastered in these warnings.
The idea behind Prop 65 was to "inform consumers" so they could "vote with their wallets." But "is this carcinogenic?" isn't a simple question.
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