Lead Poisoning: A Global Health Crisis That's Worse Than We Thought, According to a New Study
Lead Poisoning: A Global Health Crisis That's Worse Than We Thought, According to a New Study
Given the sharp decline in blood lead levels after the phase-out of leaded gasoline, lead exposure may seem to be a relic of the past. The reality is quite different, however. In a recent study by Bjorn Larsen and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, the cost of lead exposure to the global population has been se...
The US state of Florida has more lead service pipes than any other state in the nation.
Florida Man starts to make sense in that light ...
This article leaves me with so many questions. Where is the lead coming from? What’s the average per person IQ loss? What’s the average per person life years lost due to excess cardiac mortality?
Fresh water pipes.
This “article” written about “research” is….weird. It’s very silly and doesn’t take its topic with the seriousness it deserves.
Also, I have to think that there are other ways of measuring the harmful effects of lead besides IQ…I’m not saying they’re wrong, just that this article is weird.
IQ is a very poor measure of intelligence and mostly shows your aptitude for taking the type of test they give to measure IQ.
You could be an absolutely brilliant Amazonian hunter-gatherer and you would fail every IQ test.
Hell, I knew a guy- so illiterate that he could barely sign his own name- but he was one of the best fiddle players I ever saw. Was he smart or stupid?
This is not to downplay the effect of lead on intelligence, I'm not saying it's not there, I'm just saying this is a bad metric.
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This article is written so weird. It's the lack of any reference to actual research. They're just making a bunch of claims. Maybe it's also the explanation points all over the place.
Hmm the Amish might have been right all along.
Well.. that was a depressing read....
Lancet Article: Global health burden and cost of lead exposure in children and adults: a health impact and economic modelling analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(23)00166-3/fulltext