Hidden Lead: Childhood Exposure May Elevate Dementia Risk Years Down the Line
TL;DR
Lead exposure from 1970s gasoline exhaust remains stored in bones and can reemerge decades later, potentially increasing dementia risk for Americans born between 1951 and 1980; the Washington Post Future Coach column frames this as a lasting public-health issue and calls for early intervention and lifestyle changes to mitigate risk.
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Column | Lead you absorbed as a child may cause dementia as you age The Washington Post
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