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by SideburnsOfDoom 1759 days ago
If you look at "reducing environmental levels of the metal lead" instead of a "medical treatment" then yes it does exactly that (and other harms). This is the reason for banning of lead in Gasoline, paint, pipes etc etc.
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Yes, but this gets away from the bodily autonomy topic which the thread was exploring.

People want bodily autonomy.

People want to be free of the 2nd order harms of the medical decisions others make.