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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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Each and every one of them a solid reason we need to increase testing drinking water for lead.
To be fair, it’s not the water. For Gen X & early-ish millennials it was actually leaded automotive fuel that was the bigger issue.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health
https://scitechdaily.com/born-before-1996-according-to-scientists-leaded-gas-may-have-permanently-altered-your-personality/
In 30-50 years we will maybe say this about stunted emotional development due to endocrine disruption from microplastics, or maybe social-behavioral disruption thanks to dopamine gaming from social media especially for youth, constant digital stimulation, pfas, ultra fine air particulate pollution, or whatever.
The point is the harm is happening still but we don’t care because much like when tobacco was becoming clear as a public health crisis. Or using your example like how it was fairly clear leaded gas had neurotoxic effects in like the 1920s almost immediately after they started using it because it kept destroying the brains of the gas factory workers, then they spent like 30 years studying it and basically finding atmospheric lead pollution increases as well as blood level concentration increases from engine exhaust.
But in both cases regulators drug their feet for decades while people literally died because god forbid they harm profits of companies to protect the public health and safety. We have some very clear ideas of what needs to be acted on now but we don’t because god forbid google be valued at 2.7 trillion dollars instead of 2.98 trillion
These poster children for abortion didn't grow up with leaded gasoline. They had their paint chips with salsa.
Mostly unrelated, but uh, speaking of lead:
https://www.legalscoops.com/consumer-reports-warns-huel-black-edition-has-dangerous-lead-levels/
Uh yeah just general PSA, uh, if anyone happens to be a Huel enjoyer, maybe be aware that you may have been giving yourself lead and cadmium poisoning.
Holy shit thank you. I was on the huel train for a year or two, and was about to start up again. Guess not.
Glad this helped at least one person lol, yeah, last i remember, lead and cadmium are uh.... not essential nutrients, lets put it that way...
They are in Ohio.....
Why not just post the actual report? https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/
On mobile, bad wrist, sometimes I'm in too much pain to spend too long wrangling search engines.
or go into a diet.