This article rambled and jumped around and was too sensationalistic for my taste. Not that it didn't contain some good points but it was unduly alarmist in ton

This article rambled and jumped around and was too sensationalistic for my taste. Not that it didn't contain some good points but it was unduly alarmist in tone and kept lumping all chemicals in one class. Lead is a different case from fluoride is a different case from agricultural pesticides (themselves many different classes of compounds...some more harmful than others). Certainly there are toxins in our environment and this is an issue. Well known toxins like lead have no place in our biological system. But this is not a new realization. Measures have been taken to address lead, maybe more are needed, I don't know, but people can't freely disperse lead in the environment anymore. (Except NRA members of course). The article contained a dash of conspiracy for good measure and appeared about as scientific as a 1980's anti-recreational drug commercial...."This is your brain on fluoride!". Exactly the same type of hysteria (albeit from a different political spectrum) as well. Here is reality...we can't live this lifestyle without chemicals so there will be some trade offs. That's the bottom line. Want to use plastic and drive a car and buy raspberry pi's? Then there are going to be some toxins. Maybe things have been too lax and more research and regulation should occur. No argument. But all chemicals and all pesticides are not evil and we are going to need some for the foreseeable future.