There seems to be a disturbing lack of interest in figuring out how these people are actually getting poisoned. Will replacing all the lead pipes actually have an effect? Why is it that hundreds of thousands of people in Rhode Island drink water from lead pipes, but only hundreds are poisoned per year? What about other causes, like lead-based paint exposure, or less obvious things like giving your kid 5oz of fruit juice per day[0]? Every non-child pictured in the article is obese and I begin to wonder what their knowledge or interest in nutrition is - I know multiple people who feed their child way more than 5oz of fruit juice per day, even after I told them about heavy metal concerns, because they can't believe that 'getting fruit' can be bad.

https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/arsenic-and-lead...