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The unseen dangers of lead contamination in the UK | As floods intensify, the threat of the toxic metal seeping into the food chain is as big a problem as sewage in rivers or air pollution

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The unseen dangers of lead contamination in the UK | As floods intensify, the threat of the toxic metal seeping into the food chain is as big a problem as sewage in rivers or air pollution

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago

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The unseen dangers of lead contamination in the UK

As floods intensify, the threat of the toxic metal seeping into the food chain is as big a problem as sewage in rivers or air pollution

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Lead makes people dumb and angry. Lots of lead going around.

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