Brian Jopek

This wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t an accident. It was a self-inflicted wound caused by greed, negligence, and decades of policy failure. We chose profits over children’s brains - and now we wonder why people can’t think straight. - Rachel Hurley

https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/scientists-discover-why-america-got

Scientists Discover Why America Got Dumber

New research reveals how lead exposure poisoned an entire generation’s brains, explains the crime wave of the ’90s, and why 29 million American homes are still dangerous today

Rachelandthecity
Jul 15 at 1:46pmWeb
Show threadNazani6d ago
@BrianJopek
Followed by BPA, microplastics, etc.
Show threadVegOS6d ago
@Nazani @BrianJopek
... farming chemicals, high processed food, education and health service only for the rich, guns for all. That's a depopulation program, which the US is subject to.
Show threadSidal Solgun6d ago
@BrianJopek TLDR: capitalism kills.
Show threadmorfil (any)🌈6d ago
@BrianJopek weird that the link to wall paint is made here when the link to lead in petrol was made so much sooner.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9793664/
Especially since that connection was already known BEFORE they allowed the additive on the market. The guy who invented it got ill inventing it and still sold of as being safe!
PS that is the same guy who caused the hole in the ozone layer. So two for two.
Relation of blood lead levels and lead in gasoline: an updated systematic review

Millions of tons of lead were added to gasoline worldwide beginning in 1922, and leaded gasoline has been a major source of population lead exposure. In 1960s, lead began to be removed from automotive gasoline. Removal was completed in 2021. To ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadPinchy63 🇨🇦6d ago
@BrianJopek
I’m sure the microplastic in our brains helps.
Show threadJoseph Meyer5d ago
@BrianJopek So does lead poisoning contribute to gullibility, weak critical thinking skills, and vulnerability to conspiracy theories that are popular with some? Probably. It is also probable that brainwashing by leaders with agendas is in play—money, power, and religion may all be partly responsible for the dumbing down of America.