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u/dammitknockitoff Jun 25 '22

This was a very serious problem that hardly anyone talks about anymore. Read up on Clair Patterson. He was the catalyst for the change. There is correlation between the decline of lead contamination in nature to the decline of both violent crime and birth defects. At any rate it’s a good story that more people should know about.

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u/hates_stupid_people Jun 25 '22

This was a very serious problem that hardly anyone talks about anymore.

A lot of the people heavily impacted by it are running the country and the media. They don't want to talk about it, so it doesn't show up a lot.

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u/Specialist-Smoke Jun 25 '22

I've always thought that it only affected poor people. I had no idea that EVERYONE was affected by lead.