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Lead Exposure Kills Hundreds of Thousands of Adults Every Year in the US, Study Finds (theguardian.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the deadlier-than-expected dept.

Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Last week, a massive new study concluded that lead is 10 times more dangerous than thought, and that past exposure now hastens one in every five U.S. deaths. Researchers at four North American universities, led by Bruce Lanphear, of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, studied the fate of 14,289 people whose blood had been tested in an official U.S. survey between 1988 and 1994. Four fifths of them had harbored levels of the toxic metal below what has, hitherto, been thought safe. The study found that deaths, especially from cardiovascular disease, increased markedly with exposure, even at the lowest levels. It concluded that lead kills 412,000 people a year -- accounting for 18% of all U.S. mortality, not much less than the 483,000 who perish as a result of smoking. The study has been published in the Lancet Public Health journal.

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  1. Lead kills by LordHighExecutioner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially when fired from a Smith&Wesson.

  2. This particular quote is interesting .... by Qbertino · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the study:" .... An especially striking and unexpected finding in these studies is that the association between lead and disease is proportionately greater at lower levels of exposureâ"a so-called supralinear dose-response relation. ..."

    So what they're basically saying is that homeopathy might be right to a certain degree?

    Interesting. Interesting indeed.

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    1. Re:This particular quote is interesting .... by Entrope · · Score: 3, Funny

      Homeopathy usually argues that the memory of the "disease" will trigger a cure -- so a hundred-quadrillionth of a dose cancels out the effect of a dose of some toxin that produces the same effect(s) as whatever you just didn't drink.

      Gasoline is unleaded, but retains the memory of being leaded before. So take a swig of gasoline to wash down your colon-cleansing detergent pods, and detox from lead exposure! The American Homeopathy Board approves this message!

  3. Re:Shooting ranges. by I'm+New+Around+Here · · Score: 1, Funny

    Come at me bro! My address is: 192.168.1.101.
    You stupid pig fucker.

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  4. Ob by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Last week, a massive new study concluded that lead is 10 times more dangerous than thought

    There was this guy in my town who died of thought. He was an electrician and he thought he'd pulled the master fuse out.

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