[WhompingWindows]

Not to mention they were all poisoned by lead, using it for sweeteners, pipes, and for their chalices and cups.

[edoceo]

Flint, MI would like a word

[notabee]

A slow moving disaster of neglected infrastructure across the country would also like a word: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lead-map/reuters-find...

[ip26]

Not all of them, only the poor.

If I recall correctly, sugar of lead was a poor man's sweetener. The rich could afford honey.

[hnuser77]

One could consider Americans poisoned by something, considering that 40% of the American population is obese (not just overweight) and sperm count has declined 50% in developed countries over the past few decades.

[throwawayhhakdl]

Hmm... is the sperm count stat normalized to the obesity problem? I keep hearing things about America’s declining health, some of which seem to be “mysterious” and concerning. But then I’m always reminded that a lot of it is just people being fat. People being fat sounds like a highly probable culprit for why sperm counts are dropping on average.