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How half the US lost part of their minds (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago by givesomefucks@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
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Answer: lead. It's still lead and it's still fucking us all up.

Not just Americans, in all likelihood every single person reading this has been effected by lead. It's gonna take a very very long time before the effects become negligible.

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[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

TL;DW Lead makes you lose intelligence and your life more difficult. Gen X got the worst of it. And yes it's backed up with research and was largely caused by capitalism.

Edit: screenshot of graph that shows the gen x part

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From the thumbnail, I figured it was hookworm.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

NOPE! Chuck Testa.