Lead and Arsenic Poisoning

I recently went to the VA clinic to give blood and urine. While waiting for the blood to be drawn I asked the technician if I could have my blood tested for lead and arsenic poisoning because Springfield is powered by a coal burning power plant, and the reservoir that supplies Springfield with tap water is directly adjacent to the plant, and to the plant's coal ash pit.

This is part of an interest I have in trying to understand why people are behaving in a way never before seen, so public and vicious. The behavior stems from what seems like an inherent out of control hormonal balance, causing a plague of wrongfully attributed anger and hysteria. Normally I would plant this post under my other blog Indictment of Humanity, as just another collection of data, but the problem with toxins in our food chain has become my focus due to political and social upheavals in recent history.

Industrial interests are doing what they can to stifle reports on toxins created from burning coal.

Lead will cause the downfall of society	Lead will not cause the downfall of society

Washington Post: Lead Poisoning and the Fall of Rome.	Science Magazine: ScienceShot: Did Lead Poisoning Bring Down Ancient Rome?
War History Online: The reasons why Rome fell – Lead poisoning is often dismissed as a major cause for the decline of Rome, but the theory does have some merit	ARS Technica: Plumbing discovery reveals the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
Encyclopaedia Romana: Lead Poisoning and Wine	ThoughtCo: A Short Timeline of the Fall of the Roman Empire
World Health Organization: There is no known level of lead exposure that is considered safe.	Mayo Clinic: There is treatment for lead poisoning, but taking some simple precautions can help protect you and your family from lead exposure before harm is done.
Justice Policy Institute: Lead Poisoning, a Persistent Sign of Poverty, Is Linked to School Suspensions and Lower Student Test Scores	Vox: The risk of lead poisoning isn’t just in Flint. So we mapped the risk in every neighborhood in America. (Where to find places to live with the least amount of Lead exposure.)
Essence: 7 Cities That Prove America’s Problem With Contaminated Water Is Larger Than Flint.	Yale: Clean Air and Money: Key Ingredients to Well-Being? (Pollution is the key ingredient for maintaining socioeconomic class stratification and slave labor around the world.)