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[-] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Really puts a different spin on the term "sandwich generation"

Also, related article: https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health

[-] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

i remember looking at a graph and seeing the peak and so happy my cohort was a far away as you could get from it (not 0% but very low)

was pretty worried as an elder millenial

[-] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Kinda wild to see that leaded gasoline wasn't fully phased out until the 90's, though. I didn't realize it took that long.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

It took time to phase into microplastics

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

#BrainSpoonGang

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I think it is still in some jet fuels

[-] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

It's in aviation fuel used for propeller planes.

I'm pretty sure they're in the process of phasing it out, but considering all the other problems the FAA is having, I'm not sure it's high up on their list of priorities.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Turns out the real chemtrails are the tetraethyl lead that rained from the sky along the way.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

You move to the remote Alaskan wilderness to live a-guy-style and avoid the harmful chemicals.

You drink fresh glacial water and farm your own leeks and turnips. You make your own clothes.

Every six months supplies get delivered by pontoon plane, raining lead on you as he circles to line up for landing.

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