May we please stop stigmatizing mental health care in this country with threads in which DUers

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41. I still don't think you read my post. Or perhaps you just like to vent today.

I chose to ignore the point about lead poisoning and focus instead on the fact you made an excuse to continue calling those you disagree with as mentally ill, that it was somehow justified. Your text about lead poisoning is simply part of that excuse.

It's not an EXCUSE. Lead poisoning is a FACT. LOOK IT UP!! I'm just as affected by it as anyone else AND I acknowledge that FACT! To say that studies show that average IQs are 4 points lower than they would otherwise be, is A FACT.

So to IGNORE the reality of what is established FACT, is to ignore the evidence that lead poisoning can have very real effects on the HUMAN BRAIN, INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS.

Exposure to lead at a young age may lead to mental illness, according to a new study. The study, which followed 579 people in New Zealand for more than 30 years starting from age 3, found an association between exposure to lead and mental illness including phobia, depression, mania, and schizophrenia. - Harvard EDU

The FACT that republicans intentionally heighten their exposure to lead through their activities is probably also then, perhaps a deduction of why they reason things out the way they do. It is out of compassion that we, as in YOU and ME, should recognize that some of those with potentially heightened lead blood levels may actually be mentally ill.