It's too easy to be inundated with bad news and forget that the sun really does shine from time to time.

I hope it does make it to all areas but the community needs to help the police. Some are still scared or will not "snitch" on a friend.

Of course we much "do things": we need to reverse the shift of capital to the 1%, continue to provide healthcare and improve access, and really fix education and bring jobs back to the US.

But we should, as we do these things, not buy into the fear mongering provided by the MSM.

K/R

The decreases seem to correlate as it took a few years for the levels to start declining in people. We had so much pollution of it, and it's such a potent neurotoxin that it's reduction had to have had a profound impact.

Whereas fishing and shooting still use lead, that form (solid metal) isn't readily fat soluble like tetraethyl lead was.

also removal of lead in paint and removing leaded paint from housing and schools. Maybe the decline in manufacturing pollutants has played a role as well. I think that it also may be a possibility that street drug culture, though quite present, isn't as prevalent lately. Ending the war on drugs would probably contribute to this positive trend.

Chicago is an interesting and daunting place, used to have to go "into the city" at night for work, I went all over the city so I was not privy to just one aspect of the place. I never had any trouble but I felt the vibe while in certain places, I always watched my area in "360 degree vision"... did not carry a firearm.

Good observation about the chemical aspects of this issue, it's rarely considered in the dialogue.

but Coors Light aint for me.
this, on the other hand, cures most ills-RIP Mr Bruce this was a great piece of your disco imho