How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away With It
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2017-05-19

How the lead industry got the best science money could buy.

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What relevance does this have for us today? See, for example, my video How Smoking in 1956 is Like Eating in 2017 (how-smoking-in-the-50s-is-like-eating-today).

What exactly happened in Flint? That was the subject of my last video, Lead in Drinking Water (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-in-drinking-water).

What about leaded paint? That was the subject of my video before last, How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-the-lead-paint-industry-got-away-with-it).

Next I review what lead actually does to you, in “Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Normal-Blood-Lead-Levels-Can-Be-Toxic) and The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Low-Level-Lead-Exposure-in-Adults). 

And then, finally, what we can do about it:
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Lower-Lead-Levels-with-Diet-Thiamine-Fiber-Iron-Fat-Fasting)
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Lower-Lead-Levels-with-Diet-Breakfast-Whole-Grains-Milk-Tofu)
• Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Foods-for-Lead-Poisoning-Chlorella-Cilantro-Tomatoes-Moringa)
• Best Food for Lead Poisoning - Garlic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Food-for-Lead-Poisoning-Garlic)
• Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-Vitamin-C-Help-with-Lead-Poisoning)
• Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Yellow-Bell-Peppers-for-Male-Infertility-and-Lead-Poisoning)

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