I am slowly learning of the toxicity that is ever present in our foods, soaps, water, etc. Something I’ve discovered is the existence of heavy metals in most products and their harmful effects. My question is, why are they even there. I mean, just a few years ago it was discovered that most baby food contained toxic heavy metals….
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Lead paint and leaded gas are part of it. Burning leaded gas basically sprays lead around everywhere where people drive, kind of like an aerosol spray of lead. The lead falls out of the air and into the soil. Lead paint can flake off and become lead dust.
Coal naturally contains mercury. If you dig up the coal and burn it, that releases the mercury into the atmosphere.
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