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Lead in gasoline tied to over 150 million excess cases of mental health disorders, study suggests

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Wow, lead is a toxic poison with all kinds of nasty effects on the human body. Leaded gasoline was a massive disaster, be thankful they removed it.


 
A great article from Car and Driver about why we don't miss leaded gas.


 
We are dumb all over.


 
Now I'm starting to worry about memory. It was as late as 1996? Really? Could've sworn it was earlier than that...


(If government were hobbled the way Trump/Musk/Vivek want to hobble it, we would probably still have leaded gasoline.)
 
Democrats now need to focus their environmental agenda on the most dangerous environmental problem facing humanity today and push for all industrial releases have a pH of zero. Or less.
 
Now I'm starting to worry about memory. It was as late as 1996? Really? Could've sworn it was earlier than that...


(If government were hobbled the way Trump/Musk/Vivek want to hobble it, we would probably still have leaded gasoline.)
For cars, it was much earlier, lead was allowed in gas in limited supply/uses up to 1996. This is from the Car and Driver article:

 
this partially explains Trump voters
 
The Clean Air Act, the last time perhaps US democracy pretty much was functioning. Far less corrupt spending allowed in politics. Politicians could get votes actually representing the public interest, not just by doing what big donors say. The Clean Air and Clean Water acts - from the 60's, especially LBJ, and becoming laws and then the EPA by Democrats with Nixon's cooperation.
 
Clean Air Act laws:

 
Sadly, lead in gasoline most affected the most densely populated areas of the country. Exactly where we find Democrat strongholds today. That lead is some nasssssty stuff!
 
I recall when they first introduced unleaded gas in the 70s. Stupid people lost their minds. You'd think the world was coming to an end. Still, it took us and the automobile industry 20 years to complete the conversion.
 
Now I'm starting to worry about memory. It was as late as 1996? Really? Could've sworn it was earlier than that...
Same here. I thought it was done away with in late 80s or so.
(If government were hobbled the way Trump/Musk/Vivek want to hobble it, we would probably still have leaded gasoline.)
 

The infamous Powell Memo insidious plan to use big money to sway public opinion against government was leaked during Nixon's presidency. Nixon later made Powell a SCOTUS justice. The effects of the Powell Memo took a long time to push America to the point where it rejected government so much that violent Trump voters attacked the Capitol on January 6th 2021.

Good things could still get passed before the Powell Memo handed so much power to big greedy corrupt money.
 
Democrats now need to focus their environmental agenda on the most dangerous environmental problem facing humanity today and push for all industrial releases have a pH of zero. Or less.
….didnt do well in chemistry, did you?
 
Now I'm starting to worry about memory. It was as late as 1996? Really? Could've sworn it was earlier than that...


(If government were hobbled the way Trump/Musk/Vivek want to hobble it, we would probably still have leaded gasoline.)
1996 is the last date. The law came out in 1975 and it was phased out over time.
 
This is the most fascinating documentary I know of on this topic - it's an amazing watch!

 
General aviation, you know, those little put put airplanes that fly around on Sunday afternoons, burn low lead 100 for their 100+ horse power engines.
 
Wow, lead is a toxic poison with all kinds of nasty effects on the human body. Leaded gasoline was a massive disaster, be thankful they removed it.
We're not adding it anymore, but take a soil sample in a built up area and test it for lead. We spent 70 years spreading that around.
 
Democrats now need to focus their environmental agenda on the most dangerous environmental problem facing humanity today and push for all industrial releases have a pH of zero. Or less.


Definitely less.

You’ve got a real future as Trumps nominee to head the NSF.
 
So a large chunk of people who grew up smoking cigarettes and being exposed to lead gasoline is probably the largest block of people who vote.
 
This explains the whole Trump phenomenon!
 
Democrats now need to focus their environmental agenda on the most dangerous environmental problem facing humanity today and push for all industrial releases have a pH of zero. Or less.

A pH of zero? Your grade in 11th grade chemistry must have been zero or
you didn't take 11th grade chemistry or any chemistry at any grade level.

pH Wikipedia
pH for dummies
What is pH?

Hmmm, maybe you were being sarcastic. Eye Roll (@@)