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Lead is a well known neurotoxin. It’s also a common pollutant. New research estimates the toll that those two truths, combined, have had on Americans’ mental health. Between 1940 and 2015, childhood lead exposure (specifically from the use of leaded gasoline) resulted in about 151 million additional instances of psychiatric illness that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred, according to the study published December 4 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The authors came to that conclusion by applying findings from previously published work to a model of the entire U.S.
For most Gen X-er’s across the U.S., the lead exposure they incurred as children probably didn’t lead to obvious, individual changes. But the new research demonstrates that, big picture, lead pollution has had serious national consequences. “Our takeaway is that, even though these exposures went unnoticed for most people, they undoubtedly influenced their mental health. They made life just a little bit harder for some and a lot harder for others.”
for all the lead-sucking damage done, it's generation tiktok that seems to be the most retarded and constantly struggling with mental illness
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