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There were so many dangerous minerals such as lead in manufacturing processes and presumably in the air that I tend not to be alarmed when I see an ancestor described in the terms they used in days gone by.
" case study on adult monozygotic twins with lead poisoning, both who were retired painters, had typical patterns of cognitive difficulties following chronic lead exposure. This pattern included predominant impairments in the domains of attention/executive function, visuospatial/visual motor functioning, short-term memory, and (for one of the brothers) confusion and fatigue. After exposure to toxicants such as lead in adulthood, cognitive deficits tend to be specific, not generalized, "
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