'I felt I killed my children': lead poisons California community – and fills kids' teeth | Los Angeles | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/29/i-felt-i-killed-my-children-lead-poisons-california-community-and-fills-kids-teethAlchemy famously sought to turn lead into gold. But why lead? Out of all the different metals, why was there such a focus on lead?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/114vo4m/alchemy_famously_sought_to_turn_lead_into_gold/Bad news: Leaded fuel reduced the IQ of everyone born before 1990 by ~4.25%. Millennials are the first to be born with unleaded gas. Worse news: a new paper shows environmental lead levels from leaded gasoline are still around in cities today, and cause continued neurotoxicity.
https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1450591638796087296Lead Exposure, Segregation Combine to Widen Achievement Gap
https://globalhealth.duke.edu/news/lead-exposure-segregation-combine-widen-achievement-gapNeutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests | Science | AAAS
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/neutron-stars-may-be-bigger-expected-measurement-lead-nucleus-suggestsWhy Lead Used to Be Added To Gasoline
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/why-lead-used-to-be-added-to-gasoline/