RebelGeek99Highly recommend Ołowiane Dzieci (Lead Children) on Netflix. Some very relevant lessons to public health, organizing, and exerting pressure on the powers that be.
#leadpoisoning #Silesia #coalmining #nocompromises #workingclass
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That Hacker GirlYummy! I saw these a few days ago in person! Had no idea they were the tasty paint chips.
In all seriousness though, this city really does need maintenance. That's dangerous. The response, "Because the use of lead-based paint was discontinued in 1979, there are no lead-related concerns regarding this structure" does not inspire confidence.
Title: "Paint flakes falling from the 28th Street Bridge contain lead and are hazardous, MDE says"
Paint flakes falling from the 28th Street Bridge contain lead and are hazardous, MDE says | Baltimore Brew
Maryland orders Baltimore officials, who initially denied the chips were lead or posed a hazard, to remove them from the ground and the Jones Falls and to prevent more paint from falling.
CindyLeaded gas ban worked.
The EPA cracked down on lead-based products—including lead paint and leaded gasoline—in the 1970s because of its toxic effects on human health.
A scientific analysis of human hair samples, over the course of 100 years, showed a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations. Regulation worked.
Concerns are growing with our southern neighbour's government move to deregulate many key elements of the EPA’s mission.
“We should not forget the lessons of history. And the lesson is those regulations have been very important."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
Rhyothemisquote from article:
"An American mechanical and chemical engineer named Thomas Midgley Jr. was a key player in the development of leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) because it was an excellent anti-knock agent, as well as the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) like freon. Midgley publicly defended the safety of tetraethyl lead (TEL), despite experiencing lead poisoning firsthand. He held a 1924 press conference during which he poured TEL on his hand and inhaled TEL vapor for 60 seconds, claiming no ill effects. It was probably just a coincidence that he later took a leave of absence from work because of lead poisoning. (Midgley’s life ended in tragedy: he was severely disabled by polio in 1940 and devised an elaborate rope-and-pulley system to get in and out of bed. That system ended up strangling him to death in 1944, and the coroner ruled it suicide.)"
Can't make this stuff up.
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weapons laced with #toxicmetals and #depleteduranium have turned cities razed by war into #biohazards
I wonder if the #MAGA folks have been effected by this too
There is the documented exposure to #leadpoisoning or #leadexposure in shooting ranges (especially indoor ones)
#TargetShooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger
Nov 3 2025 #NYT
https://archive.md/iH1hU
DoomsdaysCW#RecyclingLead for U.S. Car Batteries Is #Poisoning People
By Peter S. Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Samuel Granados Visuals by Finbarr O’Reilly and Carmen Abd Ali
Nov. 18, 2025
Excerpt: "The #AutoIndustry touts #BatteryRecycling as an environmental success story. Lead from old batteries, when recycled cleanly and safely, can be melted down and reused again and again with minimal pollution.
"But companies have rejected proposals to use only lead that is certified as safely produced. Automakers have excluded lead from their #environmental policies.
Battery makers rely on the assurances of trading companies that lead is recycled cleanly. These intermediaries rely on perfunctory audits that make recommendations, not demands.
"The industry, in effect, built a global supply system in which everyone involved can say someone else is responsible for oversight.
"#Nigeria, the economic engine of West Africa, is among the fastest-growing sources of recycled lead for American companies."
Read more [with visuals]:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/HqR18
#SEZ #EPZ #EconomicSacrificeZones #Pollution #EnvironmentalDamage #Greenwashing #EnvironmentalRacism #Africa #Nigeria #LeadPoisoning #Ford #Toyota #GM #PeopleAndPlanetOverProfit
Valerio MBAN Toxics’ Community Parade Amplifies Global Call to End #LeadPoisoning https://www.pressenza.com/2025/10/ban-toxics-community-parade-amplifies-global-call-to-end-leadpoisoning/ In observance of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2025 (#ILPPW2025), marked globally from October 19–25, environmental justice organization BAN Toxics, in partnership with Barangay Officials and residents of Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City, organized a colorful community parade and awareness…
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WHONo level of lead exposure is safe.
Look out for the early signs of lead exposure to prevent long-term health impacts.
Learn how you can protect yourself and your family from lead exposure 👉 bit.ly/4hquCHt #LeadPoisoning
International #LeadPoisoning Prevention Week starts today.
Leaded fuel was banned around the world in 2021.
But lead can still be found in paint used in:
🏡 homes
🚸 schools
🛝 playgrounds
🪀 toys
Let’s ban lead in paint. 🔗 bit.ly/4qblGcM
