• sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    I think it is likely that putting babies into day care prior to 2 years is the real reason why we are all so regarded or maybe it was under diagnosed

    Vaccines is lower risk factor IMHO but I am just an unhinged shit poster so… Do your own DD

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      Leaded gasoline was legal until the early 90s. More and more data seem to point to this behind the cause of many mental disorders

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        Gen X got the brunt of that though not millennials. They started phasing out lead in 1973. Autism isn’t a mental disorder and not one linked to lead exposure afaik

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        Lead was phased out long before then. A steady decline in crime has been attributed to it’s removal. Not just in the US but in other countries also

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          They might be thinking of nuclear bomb testing that went into the 90s. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was associated with various health issues, too.

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            No I googled it, they’re correct. Lead in gas was outlawed in the 90’ but they started phasing it out starting in the 70’s. I started driving in '84 and don’t recall ever having a choice but my memory is fallible