Dr. Dan KillamFeb 3
Comparing historical hair samples from people from when they were babies to today, a new study finds a nearly 100-fold decrease in lead from samples after the EPA's crackdown on leaded gas. Regulation works and it saves lives!
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/
Show threadEugene Parnell
@dantheclamman Have you read the book "Murderland" by Caroline Fraser? It's about the link between air pollution (lead, arsenic, sulphur dioxide) and the serial killer epidemic in the Pacific Northwest in the 50s -80s. It's not a scientific book, but the correlation is pretty eye opening.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/murderland-crime-and-bloodlust-in-the-time-of-serial-killers-caroline-fraser/156e2df8d7c9c05c
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