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Re:Toxic toddler fruit pouches: "high" lead levels sicken 7 ... by lm28469 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @08:26AM (#38176451)
Air pollution has a greater impact, both in IQ loss and people impacted, nobody cares really
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Re:Toxic toddler fruit pouches: "high" lead levels sicken 7 ... by meindnoch on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @09:34AM (#38177183)
Air pollution affects almost everyone equally. It's horrible, but it doesn't put particular individuals at greater disadvantage compared to the rest of the population. E.g. it degrades everyone's SAT scores. Whereas lead poisoning is only affecting those that consumed that particular tainted product.
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Re:Toxic toddler fruit pouches: "high" lead levels sicken 7 ... by lm28469 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:00AM (#38177504)
> Air pollution affects almost everyone equally.

Not at all, living next to a major road is massively different from living even a few blocks away. Same for highways etc.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498530/

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