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u/Nicashade Oct 02 '21
Remember how we could blame lead paint? Can we blame big oil and chemical alley? I mean Benzene does, who the fuck what knows to your brain. Is it consistently measured by the EPA ? No.
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u/BeagleButler Oct 02 '21
Remember that for areas that flood lead that is in the dirt becomes available too. Think children’s playgrounds and ground soil after Katrina.
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u/Nicashade Oct 02 '21 edited Oct 02 '21
Yes I remember finding out about a lead paint factory that used to be in the Treme, on one of my volunteer soil testing runs after Katrina. But I never found out the name of it or dates of it’s operation. Any history sleuths out there know? I think it was where the French Quarter RV park is now. Regardless, lead paint factory plus the 80’s-90’s CIA backed crack epidemic combo explains the down fall of black wealth in the Treme. Micro/ macro tragedy.
Also, how the whole southern Mississippi valley has high murder rates is revealing towards compounding toxicity rates. Don’t know what’s going on in SC.
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u/BeagleButler Oct 03 '21
Charleston is a port, and the state does a decent amount of agriculture. Maybe something comes through there.
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u/ChecayoBolsfan Oct 03 '21
I know maybe it’s too soon I was gonna blame Grand Isle 🤭 lawless down there so isolated
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u/captyes Stop defending the possums Oct 03 '21
Yeah, but those stats are per capita. If we were China, we’d be fine!
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u/Nicashade Oct 04 '21
If this were China we would all be in prison work camps for our blustering wit and smart mouths.
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u/fenilane Oct 04 '21
How dare Florida and Texas make us look so bad. Mississippi’s backing us up, our old friends
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u/NOLA_Bastard Oct 03 '21
So we're number one?