The Hidden Danger of Lead in Soil | Yvette Cabrera | TED

There's an invisible health threat right under our feet, says investigative journalist Yvette Cabrera. She digs into the pervasive problem of lead contamination in soil — a particular risk for children in cities — and shares her action plan to map urban soils and help create healthier communities.

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[hxjp]

as an organic gardener, i learned to add (at 5#/100 sq ft-) fishmeal, in my usual soil amending. there is an old nyt article regarding this. every time i replanted an old sf garden, fishmeal was among the 14 soil amendments used commonly, due to the lead paint question in the garden's history.
fishmeal binds to the metal and is not available to the plant. masanobu fukuoka used rye grass and mustard to do the same (in a seasonal serial planting), in old japanese journals and books.

[ShaneBro]

Times have changed, I used to carry a pocket knife in my pocket when I was a kid. Crazy. On the topic of lead in soil, crazy. How many other environmental areas need to be cleaned up that we don't know about or have been hidden.

[rockchalkJayhawk]

Good talk in terms of creating awareness around the soil issue. It does feel that there could be a bit of a false equivalency here though. There’s a lot of environmental factors that could have encouraged that kid to bring a knife to school, especially in underserved communities. One way to strengthen the suggested connection being made here would be to look at cases of kids from those same communities who also had elevated lead levels, ADHD, etc… but didnt end up in the criminal system. What positive factors potentially kept them on a better path? If the “criminal” cohort was exposed to these positive factors, despite lead exposure, could they be rescued? Essentially saying lead exposure is a predictive path towards criminality is too loose of a correlation and detracts from the urgent issues at hand (mass lead contamination and, separately, troubled youth - both issues needing solutions).

[Dynasty]

Combine this with nitrogen levels in the soil plummeting and reducing nutritional value due to over-farming the land on rotation, and still not enough people will care enough to initiate change...

[christianwilliams]

To stop lead poisoning we would have to close most of the coal plants, as this is one of the major source of lead contamination world wide. It is also largely responsible for the selenium, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, thallium contamination in our water ways.

[ayush]

Isn’t gasoline cars also release lead from exhaust because of the corn mixed with fuel?

[TranscribeAll]

Sure, entertaining magazines omit this kind of issues but magazines such as New Scientist do the opposite

[olimpiakoslol]

1 minute summary by linksandbriefs: Investigative reporter Yvette Cabrera sheds light on the ongoing issue of lead contamination in soil, impacting children's health and behavior. She shares her findings from soil tests in Santa Ana, revealing high levels of lead in poor neighborhoods. Cabrera emphasizes the lifelong harmful effects of lead exposure, including increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. She advocates for mapping urban soils, implementing solutions like clean soil banks, and raising awareness to protect children from lead poisoning. Ultimately, her work aims to eradicate lead from the environment and safeguard children's futures.


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[vmwindustries]

Ridiculous that a boy with a pocket knife gets into trouble!

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[gonehome]

Coming from our skies, and they know it.

[danielking]

The poor oil companies didn’t mean any harm! It’s the dumbing down of the world! Trumps base is growing!

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