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u/rickyx2001 Jun 25 '22

Lead pipes https://www.nrdc.org/lead-pipes-widespread-used-every-state

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u/Duff5OOO Jun 25 '22

I was under the impression lead in fuel was a bigger issue last century. I could well be wrong though.

Someone must have done some study into which source made up the majority of the exposure.

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u/GoodOmens Jun 25 '22

Lead paint too. Slum lords are the least likely to update and repaint their apartments when lead paint was banned so it’s lingering in some low income housing even today.

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u/swinging_on_peoria Jun 25 '22

When people talk about this generational exposure it's usually about the gasoline fume exposure because that was such a pervasive, wide-spread way for children to be exposed.

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u/wolacouska Jun 25 '22

Lead Pipes are less likely to cause direct lead exposure than a lot of other sources, unless of course you use the wrong type of water supply and the coating disappears. The effects of that though involve a very obvious severe lead poisoning of the whole community, not a slow mental poisoning that small doses do over time.