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Eric Topol

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Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

I assume those are easy to get, right?

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Well, what's interesting is, as opposed to the problems we have today that are prominent, such as the microplastic, nanoplastic, the air pollution,

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

the forever chemicals.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

They just keep getting worse.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

I mean, they're just cumulative.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

This one, you know, there was tremendous improvement, but still not enough.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

And I guess you're zooming in on the lead lines that'd be the most important thing to work on today.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Another thing that has come up, there's been trials, as you may, I'm sure you know, because you're all over this field, of chelation.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

There's a trial that was run by NIH, supported by NIH, that looked at chelation to prevent coronary disease.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Is there any evidence that people who have a problem with lead would benefit from chelation therapy?

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Right.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

It's a reservoir that's hard to reckon with.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Yeah.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Now, another thing, you have a substack that is called Plagues, Pollution, Poverty.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

And you wrote a really provocative piece in that earlier in April called How Estrogen Keeps Lead and Heart Attack in Check.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Basically, you got into the lead estrogen hypothesis.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Right.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Can you enlighten us about that?

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

Yeah, I know.

Ground Truths
Bruce Lanphear: Chronic Lead Exposure, a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

It's really interesting.