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Completely disagree. Lead is very bad for people. See wikipedia for details: tetraethyl. The guy who made it Thomas Midgley Jr., even got lead poisoning.
by sloaken 4y ago
Completely disagree. Lead is very bad for people. See wikipedia for details: tetraethyl. The guy who made it Thomas Midgley Jr., even got lead poisoning.
- eimrine 4y agoSomebody is excited on farming more then excited on searching for lead. Not to mention you can spend your money and time on something more useful for your garden (but if all other problems has solved so why not to test for lead).
- paulcole 4y agoCounterpoint: Lots of things are very bad for people and we don’t think about most of them. Why give yourself one more thing to stress out about?
- meristohm 4y ago> Why give yourself one more thing to stress out about? Because this is something we have some control over. Like trans-fats, no amount of lead is healthy (it can take the place of Zn and other elements in our bodies, and is especially harmful for young animals as they make foundational cells). If I want to grow food for my family (which includes a young human animal), I want the soil to be healthy enough (whatever we decide that is). If the soil that is present isn't healthy enough, I can import better soil (and contribute to it over time with compost from our kitchen). I agree with you about the importance of not adding stressors, with the specification: don't add stress about things I can't control. For things we collectively have some control over I lobby my representatives, make comments on HN, and otherwise try to let it go.
- paulcole 4y agoEh. We’ve got control over a lot of things and we don’t always exert that control. > make comments on HN This got a good laugh out of me. Good job.