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I've said it before but I'll say it again (along with many in this thread I'm sure): a large part of our fucked up political culture comes from lead poisoning. But not in a simple single-vector way.
In addition to the obvious neurotoxin effect that lead has and the way it amplifies mental health issues, there's another vector: the effect that the behavior of lead-poisoned individuals have on the people around them. Especially in the era of social media. And this ripples through society and creates a crescendo of sociological damage.
I 100% agree with you. I've worked some jobs for companies with access to large swaths of data and one of the...say...more interesting patterns I saw was lead exposure areas of the US and how that area did when it came to education, voting, welfare program use, and other statistics.
The difference is significant and noticeable by anyone with eyes.
It probably helps if you don’t have lead plated neurons too.
But yeah, just looked it up and I’m kinda surprised. It’s the Midwest and Florida. Like it tracks, but I’m surprised we beat Mississippi in childhood blood lead content
Wouldn't be surprised if the incoming administration saw this and added "bring back leaded gasoline" to their anti-woke agenda so they can more easily manipulate future generations.
Well they're gona stop the chemtrails apparently so why not throw some lead back into the topsoil instead