Links tagged with “poisoning”
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Lead Poisoning: The Ignored Scandal by Helen Epstein | The New York Review of Books
“America’s failure to address the lead paint problem early on may well have cost the American population, on average, five IQ points.” If you ever need another example of why government regulation of industries is necessary.
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LRB · Jenny Diski · Toxic Lozenges
About how common arsenic poisoning (both murder and accidental) was, mainly in the 19th century. Fascinating.