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> because lead lobbyists continued to disrupt regulation efforts. I have genuine, actual trouble maintaining faith in humanity when I hear about people like th

> because lead lobbyists continued to disrupt regulation efforts. I have genuine, actual trouble maintaining faith in humanity when I hear about people like this existing. It just makes me incredibly depressed and bummed out about life.

ianai 5y ago
I hear you. We’re just more sophisticated chimps. Sophisticated enough to devise ways to kill nearly all life on earth, but not wise enough to take care of the planet and ourselves.
throwaway0a5e 5y ago
edit: My analysis is clearly unwelcome here.
- agentdrtran 5y ago
  People doing what's best for them can be very evil for others, like the fact that buildings full of lead paint and lead-leaking pipes have not been fixed.
  - rbanffy 5y ago
    > buildings full of lead paint and lead-leaking pipes have not been fixed. That’s because a few IQ points in black and poor people is not considered more important than not using tax money to solve the problem. Arguably, the added IQ points times the number of people affected would most likely have a positive effect on the GDP and would pay for the fix in a couple decades. That we even think that we’d need to do the math to justify it is deeply depressing.
- scns 5y ago
  Gasoline is not big business? They had a "scientist" on staff, that proclaimed that leaded fuel was harmless. Who cares about paint, when there are millions of cars driving around blowing lead dust into the air? The (real) scientist who saw a connection needed years to prove it. By digging into the ice in the arctis he was able to prove, that the high lead levels where a recent phenomenon. The documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey by Neil deGrasse Tyson [0] tells this story much better than i ever could and much more... Highly recommended! [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/
iancmceachern 5y ago
To add to this, they still mine (and make products from) Asbestos to this day in Russia. They even have open pit mines and use explosives.
- chupasaurus 5y ago
  And most of the asbestos mined there is being exported.
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    Was...
    - chupasaurus 5y ago
      The biggest importer of asbestos is India. Even if they'd already banned Russian asbestos, the only country to have enough asbestos is China, guess the rest.

ianai 5y ago

I hear you. We’re just more sophisticated chimps. Sophisticated enough to devise ways to kill nearly all life on earth, but not wise enough to take care of the planet and ourselves.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

edit: My analysis is clearly unwelcome here.

agentdrtran 5y ago
People doing what's best for them can be very evil for others, like the fact that buildings full of lead paint and lead-leaking pipes have not been fixed.
- rbanffy 5y ago
  > buildings full of lead paint and lead-leaking pipes have not been fixed. That’s because a few IQ points in black and poor people is not considered more important than not using tax money to solve the problem. Arguably, the added IQ points times the number of people affected would most likely have a positive effect on the GDP and would pay for the fix in a couple decades. That we even think that we’d need to do the math to justify it is deeply depressing.
scns 5y ago
Gasoline is not big business? They had a "scientist" on staff, that proclaimed that leaded fuel was harmless. Who cares about paint, when there are millions of cars driving around blowing lead dust into the air? The (real) scientist who saw a connection needed years to prove it. By digging into the ice in the arctis he was able to prove, that the high lead levels where a recent phenomenon. The documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey by Neil deGrasse Tyson [0] tells this story much better than i ever could and much more... Highly recommended! [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/

iancmceachern 5y ago

To add to this, they still mine (and make products from) Asbestos to this day in Russia. They even have open pit mines and use explosives.

chupasaurus 5y ago
And most of the asbestos mined there is being exported.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  Was...
  - chupasaurus 5y ago
    The biggest importer of asbestos is India. Even if they'd already banned Russian asbestos, the only country to have enough asbestos is China, guess the rest.