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Everyone and their dog knows that lead is dangerous. You don't need to have a "superior intellect" to realize this.
> Most governments in Africa, Asia and South America must have first hand experience with why (and how) NGOs are funded in their countries by the West
Most of these governments are corrupt to the bone.
If the article were truly written by someone whose heart bleeds for those suffering from lead poisoning in the Indian subcontinent, they would restrict themselves to that single issue. These potshots at the leaders together with the emphasis on "foreign expertise" and ""effective NGOs" shows two things:
- the colonial supremacist mindset is alive and well. It is merely adopted a new form conducive to this era.
- NGO-fronted regime change operations are not doing so well in this part of the world.
> Most of these governments are corrupt to the bone.
As are most governments in the West. Lobbying and campaign contributions is bribery by another name.
Parts of every Western power center are for sale at the right price. That does not mean that it is acceptable for their enemies to initiate regime change operations in these places.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_chromate
>Despite containing both lead and hexavalent chromium, lead chromate is not particularly toxic because of its very low solubility. The LD50 for rats is only 5,000 mg/kg. Lead chromate is treated with great care in its manufacture, the main concerns being dust of the chromate precursor. "Extensive epidemiological investigations have given no indication that the practically insoluble lead chromate pigments have any carcinogenic properties".
> One of the greatest threats comes from inhalation of particles, so much effort has been devoted to production of low-dust forms of the pigment.
With lead, there is no safety assumption that one can make. Zero. You never know if someone will expose the paint to acid, basic or otherwise corrosive solutions, if a child ingests it, or what happens with it in the human body.