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Are we currently trying to cover the world in a thin layer of lead like we are for lithium?
by 8note 4y ago
Are we currently trying to cover the world in a thin layer of lead like we are for lithium?
- conception 4y agoThere’s a second amendment nut joke in there somewhere.
- CGamesPlay 4y agoProbably a better way to say this is “we are currently trying to cover the world in a slightly thicker layer of lithium than we are lead”. Lead’s everywhere! Including in (non-EV) car batteries and until recently some forms of petrol, which are pretty much everywhere.
- idiocrat 4y agoLithium is a psychotropics. I wonder what would be the unintended consequences of exposing the environment with higher concentration of lithium. (the thicker layer)
- henearkr 4y agoActually, maybe good consequences. Lithium presence in drinking water (from natural sources) has been linked to lower crimes rate, suicides rate, and is acting as a mood stabilizer.
- Natsu 4y agoYou don't want it too high, though. If your body's lithium levels get too high, you get new problems. But this is why anyone taking it has to have their lithium levels checked from time to time.
- darraghenright 4y agoThis reminds me of an old well in Co. Kerry, Ireland which was legendary for its magical ability to cure madness. In more recent times, analysis of the water confirmed it was laced with lithium. http://westkerry.com/blog/?page_id=271 http://westkerry.com/blog/?page_id=271
- dzhiurgis 4y agoIs the mechanism of action known?
- kortex 4y agoNone. Lithium only starts being psychotropic above a few mg per day (typically hundreds of mg per day for therapeutic, but it is suspected by some to be active well below that). The intake from the environment would be micrograms/day, if not even less, above natural background. There are water sources with far higher natural concentrations.