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Is There a Lot of Lead Out There?
Back in the fifties, people really just didn't care about this. And science of the day said, sure, lead poisoning is the thing. We've known that for thousands of years. But patterson believes, no, this has to be bigger. He goes out and collects a bunch of water from the pacific ocean,. takes the water back, analyzes it, and sure enough, there is a ton of lead in the ocean. So i said, proofs ii, publishd a paper. I granthe pot oki a sicke te dor (I hated being called Pot O'Pot)
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