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@davaguco
July 23, 2026 at 11:03 am
Very important matter
@syedghazanfaralihashmi1208
July 23, 2026 at 11:20 am
Really shocking as well as thought provoking.
@khunjulwambana2934
July 23, 2026 at 11:21 am
didn’t know I still had that, you remember when you were so passionate that you could almost grasp it. Great awareness Ted.
@oclock1983
July 23, 2026 at 11:28 am
What is the source of lead?
@fburton8
July 23, 2026 at 12:44 pm
In terms of harmful exposure? See 6:29
Or did you mean where does lead come from? Stellar nucleosynthesis (inside aging stars) apparently.
@ExistentialWolf
July 23, 2026 at 11:30 am
Education is the real problem. Learn to read before you spread. It’s easy to point, so lets all. 😀
@alexandracrawford800
July 23, 2026 at 11:49 am
There MUST BE A RECOVERY. GIVE UP ON SAEEM? ON ALL CHILDREN WE HAVE POISONED? JAPAN HAS ISOLATED THE GROWTH FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH… DENDRITIC PROCESSES… STEM CELLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR BRAIN TISSUE REPAIR, BRAIN PLASTICITY AND STIMULATION IS WELL ADVANCED AND PRACTISED. NOW WORK ON THE SOLUTION SINCE THE BRAIN IS 450 MILLION YEARS OLD AND WE ARE ALL TEMPORARY TENANTS. EVOLUTION IS TAKING PLACE WITHIN YOU EVERY DAY, A CHANGE THAT PROVES MORE EFFECTIVE IN RESOURCE UTILISATION IS IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR OFFSPRING. BUT TO GIVE UP – UTTERLY UNTHINKABLE… IT IS TO GIVE UP ON LIFE ITSELF TO BETRAY 450 MILLION YEARS OF PAST EXPERIENCE. TO BETRAY AND CONDEMN EVERY CHILD WHO’S POTENTIAL HAS BEEN STOLEN….
@FaltuUser-g4n8r
July 23, 2026 at 11:53 am
I was the 911th view 😅
@chuckhayes
July 23, 2026 at 7:03 pm
Reminds me of that tragedy
@jejejejejesss
July 23, 2026 at 12:55 pm
For folks in America who think you are not affected, a 2022 PNAS study found that HALF of the US population was exposed to adverse lead levels in early childhood
That’s up to 170 million Americans alive today
@QuietLife1234
July 23, 2026 at 1:18 pm
This man deserves all of the praise in the world.
@michael_pilot
July 23, 2026 at 1:48 pm
That is why lead pipes in France were replaced on a massive scale a few decades ago. And there was a ban on lead-based paint in the 1940s. And a ban on lead-based anti-rust products over 30 years ago.
@fburton8
July 23, 2026 at 2:04 pm
We had lead plumbing (ha!) in the house in Scotland where I grew up. That was completely replaced towards the end of the 60s with copper. I thought the water coming through the old pipes tasted better (it was sweeter). I do wonder if I lost IQ points as a result.
@yellowrose13
July 23, 2026 at 1:51 pm
At the 12 month well child doctor appointment they check kids for lead levels.
@Avarice7D
July 23, 2026 at 1:52 pm
09:24 I don’t think that was a joke. It was a scary true statement. I believe this is a good cause and definitely one that needs support. THIS IS TED. Welcome back. 🙂
@elishaminor2900
July 23, 2026 at 2:39 pm
Interesting analogy of said brain of a child. I could only image how hard it is for them to remember each other child they were friend or enter acted with as a second grader. Yet if you change school this may be a new experience for said child now the brain is or possibility working in hyper over drive. Because most children that age are full of energy. Third grade is that point where you realize two years to go and you’re on a new level of number muncher.
@ibringthereals
July 23, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Tell them how Bill Clinton stopped the law and regulations that would have prevented massive numbers of lead poisoning in the United States, decades ago by creating an industry to find and stop it. Way back in 1996, before soy baby here discovered the lead paint poisoning prevention industry in 2001. It was a $600 billion real estate problem back then. And old Bill just kicked the can up the street to drone king Barry Obama’s keister. Zero done for inspecting lead lead base paint and soil contaminated sites. They find hazards in baby teeth, and by blood testing poor children on Medicare.
Clinton gave every real estate contract an exemption from lead inspections because he was lobbied hard, took the cash, and is a complete scumbag. Buyer beware. Buy this building at your own risk type shyt.
Democrats are lying ghouls. Both parties are run by ghouls.
@liann3881
July 23, 2026 at 3:56 pm
@ibringthereals do not generalize Bill’s errors to the entire Dem party. Right now, blue is the only option. The current govt is corrupt and out to get us. Us being we everyday citizens trying to get along while billionaires control the country. It’s billionaires vs the rest of us. I hope the rest of us, is all of us. Red and blue. All vote against the billionaires.
@GerardoBaeza-x9g
July 23, 2026 at 6:10 pm
Arigato kozimas
@ShawnLH88
July 23, 2026 at 6:53 pm
Remember maga embraces poisoning your food and water and earth. They don’t care about lead hurting us
@chuckhayes
July 23, 2026 at 6:58 pm
@ShawnLH88 interesting. Where did you see that?