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It's a real shame that so many of our datasets start out in the middle of the 20th century when people used atmospheric nuclear tests to light cigarettes [0] an
by jjk166 5y ago
It's a real shame that so many of our datasets start out in the middle of the 20th century when people used atmospheric nuclear tests to light cigarettes [0] and then drove home in their lead gasoline fueled trucks to eat in lead painted dining rooms food grown under the protection of DDT. I would guess if one looked at the chemical environment for all of human history, somewhere between 1950 and 1970 would probably be the absolute furthest from the baseline.
[0] https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/physicist-lit-cigarette-nuclear-bomb/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/physicist-lit-...
- blablabla123 5y agoSo the average case is quite contaminated and later generations enjoy it either directly or indirectly. I recently went down the rabbit hole but I decided to mind my own business for the moment. I think pretty much every spot on earth around that timeframe with some growing economy had under-earthly environmental standards. Certain cancer rates having increased over time is really deterministic from that point of view.
- xyzzy21 5y agoNeither radiation nor lead nor DDT have these kinds of effects. The most likely scenario are endocrine disrupters in the form of any number of industrial chemicals introduced over the 20th and 21st centuries. The EPA has no protocols or rules for detecting if a new chemical is an endocrine disrupter. There are also no protocols for long-term mental effects. It's simply not tested for, there is no currently known ways of doing so and there are no laws requiring it anyway.
- citizenpaul 5y agoLeaded gas has still been in production and use up till this year 2021. Its finally gone though.
- nikolay 5y agoIsn't some of the propeller airplane gasoline still leaded? Isn't it even worse as it's sprayed on top of us?
- citizenpaul 5y agoYou are right I missed that. Even worse its like 90% rich people just tooling around in their hobby plane while literally crop dusting the area with poison. Strange how nobody talks about that yet as simple as the solution is.