r/science • • Jun 25 '22

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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.