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Re:Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in y... by dingnuts on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:56PM (#36510895)
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the global lead poisoning hypothesis that was popularized by Neil DeGrasse Tyson's remake of Cosmos was determined to be based on extremely scant evidence and may have been outright false
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Re:Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in y... by JBorrow on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:58PM (#36510935)
What are you talking about? This is an ongoing global public health crisis: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-10-2022-almost-1-million-pe...
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Re:Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in y... by rcme on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:16PM (#36511968)
A recent study in Nee Zealand found that blood lead levels of 3.5 micrograms / dL, which is the lowest easily detectable level, were associated with a drop of 1 IQ. People during the times of lead paint and leaded gasoline often had levels of 80 micrograms / dL. It seriously messed them up.
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Re:Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in y... by mdrew on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:22PM (#36512045)
Our first version of the site was PFAS.wtf but that didn't test well
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