givesomefucks, 1 month ago It’s worse than you think. You know those old ill maintained public schools? The combination of not just old lead pipes, but being shut down for extended periods mean lots of children are getting lead poisoning at school. gao.gov/…/protecting-children-lead-exposure-schoo… So even if your house and local water is fine, your kids might be getting dosed up with lead at a young age, which is when it’s most impactful. Lead is a serious problem that lots of people assume was fixed when we took it out of gas. It helped, but there’s still lots of lead around. It’s going to be one of those things future generations look back on and go “no wonder they were so fucking crazy”.
It’s worse than you think.
You know those old ill maintained public schools?
The combination of not just old lead pipes, but being shut down for extended periods mean lots of children are getting lead poisoning at school.
gao.gov/…/protecting-children-lead-exposure-schoo…
So even if your house and local water is fine, your kids might be getting dosed up with lead at a young age, which is when it’s most impactful.
Lead is a serious problem that lots of people assume was fixed when we took it out of gas. It helped, but there’s still lots of lead around.
It’s going to be one of those things future generations look back on and go “no wonder they were so fucking crazy”.