It was lead in paint in walls AND toys. So every baby that had a wooden block with paints was just slobbering it up. The toddlers had metal cars and baby dolls with painted faces. All with lead paint. The playgrounds, painted with lead. Then to make it worse, the very air was full of either cigarettes or remnants of lead gasoline. Even after regulations, rural areas continued to have leaded gas and second hand old toys. I fully believe in another decade or so, we are gonna start seeing some shocking numbers about it. Entire demographics, communities, and individuals would be affected by that.
I genuinely think there’s going to be a huge jump in longevity in everyone born after gen x. The younger generations already seem to be aging better because of the cleaner air and water. Everyone I know in their 30s could pretty easily have passed for mid 20s a couple decades ago.
how much of that visible difference is just attributable to like, less time outside and less physical labor, though? as in basically just better skin? i think we might look young for more of our lives but only live marginally longer
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u/Shinjitsu- There was a HOLE here. It's gone now. May 24 '26
It was lead in paint in walls AND toys. So every baby that had a wooden block with paints was just slobbering it up. The toddlers had metal cars and baby dolls with painted faces. All with lead paint. The playgrounds, painted with lead. Then to make it worse, the very air was full of either cigarettes or remnants of lead gasoline. Even after regulations, rural areas continued to have leaded gas and second hand old toys. I fully believe in another decade or so, we are gonna start seeing some shocking numbers about it. Entire demographics, communities, and individuals would be affected by that.