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Actually considering how functional humans can be with a little lead, we are quite robust. I wonder why lead causes brain problems. I think it’s because lead i

• Terr_ 2y ago
  No, Lead is not magnetic to any significant degree. What happens is that calcium is very important for your neurons to operate and signal each-other, and lead happens to be "close enough" that is competes/interferes with those mechanisms, gumming things up permanently. This causes the cells and their connections to wither and die, or to fail to form properly at all. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/deadly-biology-lead-exposure/ https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/deadly-biology-lead-...
  • nashashmi 2y ago
    That is insightful