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[โ€“] F_State@midwest.social 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, the dye they used to use for Red M&Ms was banned for being a suspected carcinogen in the 70s.

[โ€“] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah but in the 70s basically everything was carcinogenic, even the air.

If you were stressed about that, you'd just smoke a cigarette.