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Buzzfeed: Top Trump Cabinet Members Have "Suicide Pact" to Prevent Trump From Firing Them

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam10/04/2017 6:46:12 pm PDT

re: #227 EPR-radar

I’ve seen suggestions that the reduction of environmental lead may be responsible for the long term decrease in US crime rates. IIRC the times match up pretty closely to when these lead products started disappearing, but of course correlation is not causation.

The results are not conclusive, so more likely an example of correlation.

re: #228 Birth Control Works

Lead is basically bad stuff if exposure is constant, just like mercury exposure. Someone who shoots only occasionally, like for deer hunting or skeet shooting, is not in particular danger. But a regular shooter (or worker) in an inside shooting range would be in greater danger.

Likewise, handling a blob of metallic mercury in the palm of your hand for a few minutes would not poison you. Using mercury compounds on a regular basis — as hatmakers did in the 1800s — would be a whole ‘nother story.