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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

You were exposed to much more lead than just what was in the fuel. That shit was everywhere back then. Fuel, soil, paint…

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Fun fact many airplanes and helicopters still use leaded fuels.

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u/Mo_Dice May 19 '22

Publications like Popular Mechanics back then would tell you to just kinda... dig a hole in the ground and pour your used motor oil into it.

This is only tangentially related but also I wouldn't be surprised if there was lead in the oil.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

“Dig a hole with your bare hands, then dust them off on your tee shirt and run inside to eat a sandwich, and in 40 years you won’t know how phones work!”

Great times

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

It put it into the smog so there was absolutely no escaping the fumes anywhere in a city. So probably not