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I suspect nothing - Lead is unique in that the cognitive effects of exposure can cause societal collapse if widespread enough. We have other environmental cont
by Aloha 4y ago
I suspect nothing - Lead is unique in that the cognitive effects of exposure can cause societal collapse if widespread enough.
We have other environmental contaminants that are bad but broadly, they don't have the cognitive effects of Lead - biologically you can survive lead exposure - meaning you wont die - but the cognitive exposure of Lead in my opinion puts it in a category of its own.
- ethanbond 4y agoPhthalates seem to have similar society-collapsing potential through population decline. Different mechanism but I'm not sure the outcome is different in a meaningful way.