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I get your drift on mines, and tobacco after 1960 is pretty clear even if users were mostly aware, but lead was the best additive for oil base paints out there,
by Jamwinner 7y ago
I get your drift on mines, and tobacco after 1960 is pretty clear even if users were mostly aware, but lead was the best additive for oil base paints out there, and few issues exist if you don't actively eat it. It is still used in much paint worldwide, and in mast art paints. Even abspestos is still being produced, and to a small extent, sold in the usa. Both are still only illegal to use in certain circumstances, although nearly defacto banned thanks to very successful civil mesotheiloma and lead exposure litigation.
- ncmncm 7y agoLead dust gets into the air. It is directly responsible for thousands upon thousands of murders. The decline in violent crime is a direct result of decreasing childhood exposure.
- webninja 7y agoMaybe that’s why so many murders happen in Michigan? The lead in their Flint River contaminated their water supply and this type of poisoning gives people trouble with their brain.
- maxerickson 7y agoThe lead was not in the source water or the main water supply. The chemistry of the water supply was not properly maintained and the water dissolved lead from the pipes supplying the homes. The main source of the lead was the supply lines between the water mains and the homes.