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.
Not saying we haven't benefited from replacing some lead uses...
My first comment, now fuck off with your stupid fucking illogical arguments.
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