The cherry on top is the history of eugenics in the US, with forced sterilizations extending into the 1970's (!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#...
It's a chilling read, not for the faint of heart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#...
It's a chilling read, not for the faint of heart.
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Eugenics-and-the-Nazis...
> During the '20s, Carnegie Institution eugenic scientists cultivated deep personal and professional relationships with Germany's fascist eugenicists. In "Mein Kampf," published in 1924, Hitler quoted American eugenic ideology and openly displayed a thorough knowledge of American eugenics. "There is today one state," wrote Hitler, "in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception (of immigration) are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the United States."
> Hitler proudly told his comrades just how closely he followed the progress of the American eugenics movement. "I have studied with great interest," he told a fellow Nazi, "the laws of several American states concerning prevention of reproduction by people whose progeny would, in all probability, be of no value or be injurious to the racial stock."
> Hitler even wrote a fan letter to American eugenics leader Madison Grant, calling his race-based eugenics book, "The Passing of the Great Race," his "bible."
Or you can just google trump EPA mercury and take your pick of sources.