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December 1953: Formula For Teething Powder Changed. Calomel (mercury) removed from teething powder recipe. 30 million a year sold, used for over a century.(trove.nla.gov.au)

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Hideaway [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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These poisons were only used in the west. The rest of the world wasn’t affected, which explains a lot.

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Cinnabar and other fun toxic substances were used in Eastern arts and medicine for centuries you know. Eurocentrism goes both ways in saying the cumskins are an exception to historical materialism of doing dumb shit

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