No, it's not just you — people really are, per a number of surveys, way less intelligent than they used to be.

I wonder if you could analyze internet discussions for an effect.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Lead paint is encapsulated and not going to enter your body. Which houses have lead pipes? Even the houses I’ve lived in over 100 years old have all had complete copper plumbing.

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 days ago

      Lead paint is not going to enter my body, but that’s because I very rarely put unknown things in my mouth. Toddlers operate differently

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        2·
        19 hours ago

        If you’re in a contaminated area, you’re contaminated. Hopefully not enough to make a difference if you don’t eat paint chips.

        • But smaller chips are part of the dust that gets everywhere.
        • Chips and stripped paint is part of the soil that may be pulled up into any vegetables grown in that soil.
        • heavy metals bioaccumulate so even small exposures over enough time can add up to a problem
        • it’s not just lead, mercury is notorious for bioaccumulating up the food chains for many seafoods