Apparently, Americans only remember the things they heard over social media, like in the last 24 hours.
Like, do you remember back when Donald Trump refused to release his tax returns, and blatantly lied, claiming that he couldn’t release them because he was being audited? Nobody (including media) mentions this anymore (well, I guess other than me).
Does anyone remember the movie Idiocracy where humans became stupid? Maybe it actually happened, but we forgot.
In fact, it did. “Harmful exposure to lead [specifically in leaded gas] during childhood has affected more than 170 million US-born adults as of 2015, leading to a population-wide drop in IQ, says a new study.” Here’s the study, from researchers at Princeton University.
But the story of how this happened is not well known anymore. In fact, oil companies suppressed it even though they knew it was killing people. Indeed, the man who invented leaded gas contracted lead poisoning.
In all, it is believed that lead has been responsible for the loss of over 825 Million IQ points in the US alone. In addition, the use of lead in gasoline between 1940 and 2015 correlates strongly with the rise in crime, and once we stopped using it, a decrease in crime in the US. However, lead is still used in fuel for aviation.
Donald Trump blames crime on immigrants, but he should be blaming the oil companies who put lead in gasoline instead.
Post a Comment