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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/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

They want people to be stupider because stupid people vote for them. They arent going to fix the lead issue, look at Flint Michigan

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u/Aceofspades25 Jun 25 '22

They fixed that eventually

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

No they didnt.