I decided to wade through the comments to see if this article was in fact as not-news to me as it was to someone else. I'm not trying to be drab on the article

I decided to wade through the comments to see if this article was in fact as not-news to me as it was to someone else. I'm not trying to be drab on the article, nor people who found it to be something new that they just learned. I will echo your sentiment and add that lead is also listed legally as a "hazardous substance" here in the US which means that incentivizing it to be recycled is the most economical while also being ecological.