And all this time I thought it was just the car exhausts... Oh wait, there was lead in those for approximately 80 years.
The jeanie is/has been out of the bottle for a long time. I used to live about 30 miles away from Fernald, OH (don't drink the milkshakes).
I sometimes like to think we can blame it all on "bad chemicals" in the brain (ala Dwayne Hoover or was it Wayne Hoobler?), but I think nurture still might be playing a slight role. N'est ce que pas?
I just wish I had Fairyland emblazened in the back of my skull.