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You still do. Industrial air and in the dirt around you.

Nytimes:
"Roughly 2,000 years ago, the was flourishing. But something sinister was in the air. Literally.

Widespread in the form of airborne lead was taking a toll on health and intelligence, researchers reported on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Ancient Romans likely breathed lead pollution
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nytimes.com/2025/01/06/climate
cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/

This figure shows the lead concentration (mg/kg) in topsoil, at a depth of 0 to 5 centimeters. Data are taken from U.S. Geological Survey. Soils samples started to be collected for pilot studies from 2004 to 2007, but the main samples were collected by state with the last one collected in late 2010.
Jan 06, 2025, 11:55 PM·Public·Tusky
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