My grandfather is 86, worked with lead cables for 30 years every single day, still sharp as a tack. Swing again. The demonization of lead was to reduce rf sheilding in homes and to benefit plastics industries. Not saying we haven't benefited from replacing some lead uses...
Banning lead in gasoline was clearly a good thing for everyone's health. Breathing in lead in the air from gasoline combustion was bad and has been linked to heart disease, brain damage, cancer, etc.
But not alzheimers. Lead can be removed and no longer becomes an issue to the body.
Banning lead in gasoline was clearly a good thing for everyone's health. Breathing in lead in the air from gasoline combustion was bad and has been linked to heart disease, brain damage, cancer, etc.
Whether it was intentional or not, this is a strawman arguement. No one claimed inhaling lead was good...
How can you say that exposure to lead isn't linked to Alzheimers? Especially when this entire thread is about how the commonly accepted theory of Alzheimers is wrong. There is pretty strong evidence that exposure to lead causes irreversible brain damage and makes kids dumber.
The previous comment referred to the "demonization of lead", which implies that governments went overboard banning lead. My intent was just to make the counterpoint that lead is pretty bad and widescale bans are perhaps justified. Even though I agree working with lead in solid form isn't especially dangerous.
My grandfather is 86, worked with lead cables for 30 years every single day, still sharp as a tack. Swing again.
Everyone has different tolerances and ability to deal with toxins. There was a guy that could eat metal. If you ate a pile of metal shaving you would probably die.
Lead is most poisonous when ingested. Casual contact is not generally harmful. I have 7 children and live in a house with lead paint, so I was curious.
Your point about RF shielding is 100% valid. I have not removed any paint from my home.
My point about lead was secondary but if you pay attention to current news, lead contamination of water is a big problem currently in the U.S. Perhaps there is another issue with the water, but lead makes sense, since when they replace the pipes people stop getting sick.
I would argue that mercury is a far bigger problem. Because it is literally put in your mouth. Chewing and consumption of hot substances causes vaporization of the mercury. It is pretty fucked.
Well reasoned reply, I agree.
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