When CFCs were destroying the ozone layer they were removed from society.
When leaded petrol was rotting children's brains, it was phased out in favour of unleaded alternatives.
When asbestos was found to cause horrible deaths it was banned.
When radium was found to be incredibly dangerous for general use, it was restricted to just a small niche of medical applications.
Technology is not something that has to be accepted forever, no matter how popular it seems. It can be recalled and restricted if it is found to cause a lot more harm than good.
@FediThing@social.chinwag.org But in all the cited cases it took years of fierce fighting to fend off preposterous arguing by people benefiting from destroying peoples health and by people with no knowledge or even bribed scientists arguing with ludicrous assertions to kill changes, keep dangerous habits or keep earning more bribes.
When looking at tobacco it took decades (like it did with asbestos), and when looking at fossil fuel it's close to a century now!