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10 Everyday Things That Used to be Normal but are Now Known to be Dangerous

You might think the world's gotten crazy dangerous, but let's take a closer look. Turns out, we just know about more dangers now than we did back in the day. Take these 10 every day things that use to be normal, but they're now considered super dangerous:

  1. Lead-based paint and leaded gas.
  2. Chemically-made colors, with arsenic pigments.
  3. Buildings and household appliances that contained asbestos.
  4. Batteries and fertilizer containing cadmium.
  5. Talc in baby powder and cosmetic powders that's been linked to cancer.
  6. Teflon in non-stick cookware, which has cancer-causing chemicals. Yikes!
  7. Science teachers using liquid mercury in school experiments.
  8. Cars only started requiring seatbelts in 1966, and in some states it took decades for seatbelts to become the law. Also, car seats for babies didn't become a mainstream thing until the '80s.
  9. Hitchhiking used to be a common way of getting around. (We don't recommend it now!)
  10. And don't forget cigarettes - it's only been about 20 years since people were stopped from smoking indoors at restaurants, bars, and venues.

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