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Maybe, but all sorts of things could have long term effects. Even without plastic, the environment is full of toxic or non-digestible things, like dust, or pollen. Many organisms don't want to be eaten and shed particles that evolve to be non-digestible.

If you worry too much about what MAY be dangerous, you couldn't leave the bed anymore. Remaining in bed is definitely dangerous. Not drinking water is also definitely dangerous.

While that is the common story, I am not entirely convinced. It is presumably true that there are more controls for tap water. But those controls still only test a limited number of substances.

One story that goes around a lot is for example the claim that tap water contains a lot of hormones from all the contraceptive pills women take and then flush out of their body into the water system. That seems to not be controlled for. Not sure how serious the issue really is.

More controls also doesn't change the quality of water. It only detects bad water of some variants. If you had an excellent "mineral water" and an OK tap water, more controls wouldn't make the tap water any better.

Not saying you shouldn't drink the tap water. I drink it most of the time.

I think people who are already sick should be covered by a kind of charity (or social services). It doesn't make sense to ask insurance companies to insure people who are already sick.

If employers can deduct more for health insurance than private people, it seems unfair and rigged.

Payroll taxes are another matter to me, that's mostly window dressing. Either employer pays the tax to the government, or pays it to employees and they pay it to the government. The outcome is the same.

I think payroll taxes exist mostly to hide the amount of taxes they pay from the population.

So if you insure yourself privately, you can not deduct it from taxes? That would be an issue then, but seems easy to fix. Why isn't that part of the health care discussion?

How can "big business" prevent alternative insurance companies?

Can you explain to a Non-American what forces this system of employer insurance onto the US? Why don't independent insurance companies emerge that offer other models of insurance?

Of course I want a thinner laptop, and so do you. You just don't want a thinner laptop that compromises on other things.

I've seen the new Galaxy Book S and I want one. Thin is sexy. Apple has to keep up.

So you would blame the US for cold war? What would you have done instead?

Before cold war, there was WWII, and communist revolutions.

I don't want to defend any particular war, I just think it may all be a bit more complicated than a simple "we shouldn't have started any wars".

"may"

wake me when it does.

Here in Germany we have offshore wind parks that are not connected to the power grid. A lot of nonsense is going on in that area.

So you think it would be OK to live under Taliban rule? They didn't come into power by democratic elections, it seems.

Also, killing people with beliefs does stop beliefs from spreading. How much of Afghanistan do the Taliban control these days, anyway?

Why did the US fiance and train them? So it seems there was another war going on? Who started that war, and why?

Also I think they changed their allegiances, so they became terrorist towards US people?