Lead in gasoline again

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Lead in gasoline again

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Not really, just an article about it, just wanted to grab your attention. May be a reason why some of the older ones amongst us seem so dumb.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2118631119
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Thanks for the link. Now I finally have closure. The last time I had the Dr. add a lead test to routine bloodwork, it came back at the upper limit. I can quit blaming myself for being a lazy underachiever, taking 7 years to finish a 4 year degree, dropping out of grad school, procrastinating restoring my 58 A Coupe, etc.

". . . resulting in subtle deficits to important outcomes, such as cognitive ability, fine motor skills, and emotional regulation (6), that may influence the trajectory of a person’s life (e.g., their educational attainment, health, wealth, and happiness). . ."
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Glad to be of help Don, growing up in rural Wales I was subjected more to horse effluent and sheep farts until my years in the RAF when the exhaust gas was mostly from jet engines and that was lead free kerosene so my laziness and lack of cognitive ability was more genetic than from chemical absorbance except for the lead water pipes, though until the age of 10 I only drank well water.
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My preferred method of chelation therapy is to flush it out of my system with copious quantities of fermented grains and hops in multiple pint increments.
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Don, from my matching education specs and car restoration schedule I need no blood test. I can accurately infer my lead level.
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You don't have to worry. As you age, it will all settle in your butt. My wife keeps telling me to get the lead out.
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Wes, are we married to the same woman? /////Jim.
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#8 Post by John Clarke »

So, While we are talking 'Off Topic' from 356
I'm surprised the powers that be, were ever concerned about our health and development and high Lead levels in the past.
They certainly don't care now ! Do they? Or pretend to! wanting to fill us all with MRNA. Try removing that from your system, Don.
It seems that Lead was the least of our worries David.
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"The average lead-linked loss in cognitive ability was 2.6 IQ points per person"

If only we could measure IQ with a precision that renders that figure meaningful.

"This amounted to a total loss of 824,097,690 IQ points, disproportionately endured by those born between 1951 and 1980."

Reparations!
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