exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate
Consumer Reports found dangerous heavy metals in chocolate from Hershey’s, Theo, Trader Joe’s and other popular brands. Here are the ones that had the most, and some that are safer.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

https://www.asyousow.org/environmental-health/toxic-enforcement/toxic-chocolate

f you have a sweet tooth, you may have read studies talking about the health benefits associated with eating moderate amounts of chocolate. But our research has found a potential health risk in popular chocolate products that’s been flying under the radar – many chocolates contain toxic metals like lead and cadmium.

Why does chocolate make me feel depressed?
Eating chocolate could be making men anxious and depressed as a new study found consuming too much sugar can affect mood. Scientists found that men who consumed more than 67 grams of sugar per day increased their risk of mood disorders by more than a fifth compared with those with an intake of less than 39.5 grams.27 July 2017

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/27/much-chocolate-can-make-men-depressed-study-finds/

Study: Chocolate and depression go hand in hand
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/26/chocolate.depression/index.html

https://www.livescience.com/6341-depressed-people-eat-chocolate.html

https://www.edf.org/health/lead-food-hidden-health-threat
Lead in food: A hidden health threat
FDA and industry can and must do better

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Lead in food: A hidden health threat
FDA and industry can and must do better
Date published: June 14, 2017

See new analysis updated December 2017 , June 2018 and October 2019

Food is a meaningful – and surprising – source of young children’s exposure to lead.

No safe level of lead in blood has been identified. In children, even very low blood lead levels can cause behavioral problems and lower IQ. Protecting children’s ability to learn and thrive demands that we find effective ways to reduce exposures to lead from all sources.

Lead exposure was positively associated with ADHD. Hyperactivity/Impulsivity and Combined ADHD significantly increased by 20% and 9% per each doubling of BLLs, respectively.29 Jan 2019

lead in fertiliser

https://www.incitecpivotfertilisers.com.au/~/media/Files/IPF/Documents/Agritopics/61%20Heavy%20Metals%20Agritopic.pdf

Phosphorus fertilisers are usually higher in heavy metals, these being derived from the raw
materials (phosphate rock and acids) used in their manufacture. Lead and mercury are
usually of little concern. Cadmium concentrations are variable and are typically higher than
those found in the soil. In risk situations, fertilisers with a low cadmium content may need to
be used.
Micronutrient (trace element) fertilisers may also be high in cadmium and lead. This
particularly applies to the metallic trace elements, e.g. copper and zinc. The addition of trace
elements to NPK fertilisers usually adds to the lead content of the finished fertiliser. While
the use of soil-applied trace element fertilisers with a high lead content is unlikely to increase
root uptake of lead, it will increase soil concentrations of lead, and should soil or dust
contamination occur, indirectly increase lead concentrations in farm produce.
The maximum concentrations of cadmium, lead and mercury in Incitec Pivot products are
declared on the product label, which is copied onto the pack or bag tag for custom blends,
bulk bags and bulk deliveries.
Heavy metal specifications (Maximum Concentrations) for various Incitec Pivot products are
also detailed in the table at the end of this Agritopic. The heavy metal content of blended
fertilisers will reflect that of the ingredients.
The lowest maxima declared on Incitec Pivot labels are 1 mg/kg Cd (cadmium), 1 mg/kg Pb
(lead) and 0.2 mg/kg Hg (mercury), even though some nitrogen and potassium fertilisers
contain well below these figures. At these levels, Label Warnings are not required, and there
is no need for concern about the use of the product. These figures are close to the limits of
detection for some laboratory equipment. It becomes more difficult and costly to measure

wookiemeister said:

exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

It’s but one reason why the old ‘super’ grade of fuel ceased to be available decades ago.

wookiemeister said:

exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

It’s but one reason why the old ‘super’ grade of fuel ceased to be available decades ago.

If you look at Flint Michigan with their piping and a majority of Americans don’t have access to lead free water. I will try and dig up the source for you.

Is there lead in fertilizer?
Analytical testing of a wide range of fertilizer products shows that some phosphate and micronutrient fertilizers, and liming materials contain elevated levels of arsenic, cadmium, and lead compared to other fertilizer types (e.g., nitrogen, potash, gypsum).20 Oct 2022

What heavy metals are found in fertilizers?
These heavy metals may accumulate in soil with repeated fertilizer applications. Cadmium (Cd) is the heavy metal of most concern because it may affect human health. Other heavy metals of possible significance are arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), and vanadium (V).

Causes of ADHD
Brain injury.
Exposure to environmental risks (e.g., LEAD) during pregnancy or at a young age.
Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy.
Premature delivery.
Low birth weight.

The Role of Lead Exposure on Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder ‎in Children: A Systematic Review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4888135/

Spiny Norman said:

wookiemeister said:

exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

It’s but one reason why the old ‘super’ grade of fuel ceased to be available decades ago.

i’m starting to think that this explosion of every kind of ailment could be caused by the food, water , drinks we are consuming

they still use leaded fuel for piston aircraft

ms spock said:

If you look at Flint Michigan with their piping and a majority of Americans don’t have access to lead free water. I will try and dig up the source for you.

this might be the real emergency we are facing

heavy metal poisoning

Do heavy metals affect immune system?
Certain heavy metals have been reported to seriously affect the immune system potentially resulting in a broad range of harmful health effects. Reported alterations in immune cell function include a variety of affected mechanisms.

Lead can be present in olive oils because of en- viromental contamination. The local exposure should be estimated considering the transmission of metallic pollutants due to the industry and chemicals used in the olive tree growing methods.

anyway enough from me

food for thought

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

If you look at Flint Michigan with their piping and a majority of Americans don’t have access to lead free water. I will try and dig up the source for you.

this might be the real emergency we are facing

heavy metal poisoning

Obama took a few sips of the water. The community was devastated.

knew it, it was Zarkov all along

Coalition scrapped pesticide monitoring program that found residues 90 times the limit on strawberries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/coalition-scrapped-pesticide-monitoring-program-that-found-residues-90-times-the-limit-on-strawberries

ms spock said:

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

If you look at Flint Michigan with their piping and a majority of Americans don’t have access to lead free water. I will try and dig up the source for you.

this might be the real emergency we are facing

heavy metal poisoning

Obama took a few sips of the water. The community was devastated.

Never mind the lead, think of the nanoplastics that make up our brains these days.

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution?

https://ourworldindata.org/data-review-air-pollution-deaths

ms spock said:

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution?

https://ourworldindata.org/data-review-air-pollution-deaths

its one of my gripes with coal – it releases a shit load of heavy metals. it should never be used to generate electrical power.

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

wookiemeister said:

this might be the real emergency we are facing

heavy metal poisoning

Obama took a few sips of the water. The community was devastated.

Never mind the lead, think of the nanoplastics that make up our brains these days.

its why we should recycle tap water, we could remove the nanoplastic particles that would otherwise flow into the ocean

ms spock said:

Coalition scrapped pesticide monitoring program that found residues 90 times the limit on strawberries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/coalition-scrapped-pesticide-monitoring-program-that-found-residues-90-times-the-limit-on-strawberries

it makes me wonder how many people have been made sick because of this

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

Coalition scrapped pesticide monitoring program that found residues 90 times the limit on strawberries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/coalition-scrapped-pesticide-monitoring-program-that-found-residues-90-times-the-limit-on-strawberries

it makes me wonder how many people have been made sick because of this

How about all of us? Including said politician’s children.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

Coalition scrapped pesticide monitoring program that found residues 90 times the limit on strawberries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/coalition-scrapped-pesticide-monitoring-program-that-found-residues-90-times-the-limit-on-strawberries

it makes me wonder how many people have been made sick because of this

How about all of us? Including said politician’s children.

i would have thought being a food exporting country keeping tabs on pesticides in the food would be helpful

ive never liked strawberries

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

it makes me wonder how many people have been made sick because of this

How about all of us? Including said politician’s children.

i would have thought being a food exporting country keeping tabs on pesticides in the food would be helpful

ive never liked strawberries

Well, it doesn’t matter whether you eat fruit or not. Everything commercially produced is polluted.

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

it makes me wonder how many people have been made sick because of this

How about all of us? Including said politician’s children.

i would have thought being a food exporting country keeping tabs on pesticides in the food would be helpful

ive never liked strawberries

High Rates of Suicide, Depression Linked to Farmers’ Use of Pesticides
There is growing evidence that long-term pesticide use is linked to to alterations in farmers’ mental health

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

How about all of us? Including said politician’s children.

i would have thought being a food exporting country keeping tabs on pesticides in the food would be helpful

ive never liked strawberries

Well, it doesn’t matter whether you eat fruit or not. Everything commercially produced is polluted.

there’s no way of stopping it now

i’ve always wondered if you could have a machine that processes sea water to remove heavy metals, pesticides, micro plastics

you can’t stop people dumping crap into the environment

or you just insist everything is made from biodegradeable plastic ?

you force car manufacturers to make cars that can be stripped?

impose an eco tax on everything sold ?

if you imposed a 1 % tax that would be used to directly fund recycling facilities that could work – NO offices just actually recycling centres actually recycling

a 1 % tax could collect billions that could be used to recycle all kinds of plastics OR simply burn them, break them down, use them as road base??

you have limited private enterprise – these places often go bankrupt, a plastic recycling centre went bankrupt recently- they still have warehouses full of waste plastic

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

i would have thought being a food exporting country keeping tabs on pesticides in the food would be helpful

ive never liked strawberries

Well, it doesn’t matter whether you eat fruit or not. Everything commercially produced is polluted.

there’s no way of stopping it now

i’ve always wondered if you could have a machine that processes sea water to remove heavy metals, pesticides, micro plastics

you can’t stop people dumping crap into the environment

There’s no need to be so negative.
I am aware that this is the way we have done it in the past but there is always a place to start changiing things and there’s no better time than now.

wookiemeister said:

or you just insist everything is made from biodegradeable plastic ?

you force car manufacturers to make cars that can be stripped?

impose an eco tax on everything sold ?

if you imposed a 1 % tax that would be used to directly fund recycling facilities that could work – NO offices just actually recycling centres actually recycling

a 1 % tax could collect billions that could be used to recycle all kinds of plastics OR simply burn them, break them down, use them as road base??

There are highly sophisticated projects already underway with brilliant minds at work. It is only wasting space and time having fantasies.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

Well, it doesn’t matter whether you eat fruit or not. Everything commercially produced is polluted.

there’s no way of stopping it now

i’ve always wondered if you could have a machine that processes sea water to remove heavy metals, pesticides, micro plastics

you can’t stop people dumping crap into the environment

There’s no need to be so negative.
I am aware that this is the way we have done it in the past but there is always a place to start changiing things and there’s no better time than now.

i can see a great big chimney right thats pumping out lead fumes – bob katters office looks directly at it

wookiemeister said:

you have limited private enterprise – these places often go bankrupt, a plastic recycling centre went bankrupt recently- they still have warehouses full of waste plastic

It is public knowledge.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

or you just insist everything is made from biodegradeable plastic ?

you force car manufacturers to make cars that can be stripped?

impose an eco tax on everything sold ?

if you imposed a 1 % tax that would be used to directly fund recycling facilities that could work – NO offices just actually recycling centres actually recycling

a 1 % tax could collect billions that could be used to recycle all kinds of plastics OR simply burn them, break them down, use them as road base??

There are highly sophisticated projects already underway with brilliant minds at work. It is only wasting space and time having fantasies.

really?

these brilliant minds at it for decades

funding is the only way im afraid

im amazed they are still trying to work out how to remove arsenic from water using cheap materials

UNSW worked it out 20 years ago and they have never implemented in very many places where its needed

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

or you just insist everything is made from biodegradeable plastic ?

you force car manufacturers to make cars that can be stripped?

impose an eco tax on everything sold ?

if you imposed a 1 % tax that would be used to directly fund recycling facilities that could work – NO offices just actually recycling centres actually recycling

a 1 % tax could collect billions that could be used to recycle all kinds of plastics OR simply burn them, break them down, use them as road base??

There are highly sophisticated projects already underway with brilliant minds at work. It is only wasting space and time having fantasies.

really?

these brilliant minds at it for decades

funding is the only way im afraid

Yes and the capitalists are at last beginning to realise that they need to change. The problem still is that they think they can do that change over there on yet another last remnant of what is still trying to be pristine.

The act needs to be cleaned ip and the people who will have to pay, will be those whom have the dinero. The very people who earned it by fucking the place up.

No one else has the money and if they want to keep earning more of the shiny stuff then they’ll have to adapt.

wookiemeister said:

im amazed they are still trying to work out how to remove arsenic from water using cheap materials

UNSW worked it out 20 years ago and they have never implemented in very many places where its needed

Show the workings or the references.

wookiemeister said:

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

or you just insist everything is made from biodegradeable plastic ?

you force car manufacturers to make cars that can be stripped?

impose an eco tax on everything sold ?

if you imposed a 1 % tax that would be used to directly fund recycling facilities that could work – NO offices just actually recycling centres actually recycling

a 1 % tax could collect billions that could be used to recycle all kinds of plastics OR simply burn them, break them down, use them as road base??

There are highly sophisticated projects already underway with brilliant minds at work. It is only wasting space and time having fantasies.

really?

these brilliant minds at it for decades

funding is the only way im afraid

Don’t be afraid Pilgrim, PWM is here.

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

Data Review: How many people die from air pollution?

https://ourworldindata.org/data-review-air-pollution-deaths

its one of my gripes with coal – it releases a shit load of heavy metals. it should never be used to generate electrical power.

I think you are on the right side of history on that one.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

im amazed they are still trying to work out how to remove arsenic from water using cheap materials

UNSW worked it out 20 years ago and they have never implemented in very many places where its needed

Show the workings or the references.

I knew someone studying industrial chemistry , it involved waste bricks and other cheap materials.

wookiemeister said:

exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

Exposure to lead at a young age is almost always due to the child licking lead-based paint off woodwork around the house.

Nothing else actually counts as “lead exposure”.

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia.

Blood Lead Levels and Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in US Young Adults

Exposure to lead at a young age is almost always due to the child licking lead-based paint off woodwork around the house.

Nothing else actually counts as “lead exposure”.

My father would bring leadflashing home from various jobs and melt it and make lead sinkers for sale. he would do this under the house. Under the living room in fact. I remember chewing on the bits that splashed. For someone with pica I can say that lead is a very satisfying thing to chew at.

I did talk to my shrink about the amount of ‘lead exposure’ I had had. He thought it unbeneficial for me to waste a lot of money finding out whether or not my father poisoned me.

I also ate my cot.

And the window sills.

Are we going to stop having days of conversation about suicide soon? Please?