Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Chemistry Of Wealth Accumulation

Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a correlation between wealth and the types of heavy metals and organic residues found in their urine: Link

Rich people have more arsenic, cesium, mercury, and thallium; poorer people accumulate more cadmium, antimony, and lead. The sources for rich people are shellfish and seafood; the sources for poor people are attributed to a great incidence of smoking.

They also found that wealthy people sequester more benzophenone-3 (from sunscreen) and poor people have more bisphenol A (from plastics). 

7 comments:

KCFleming said...

Wealthy people also sequester more Ag, Au, Dn (dinero), and Sm (simoleons).

The Dude said...

Don't forget Bn (Benjamins) and Gb - greenbacks.

Pt, too, and I don't mean the boat.

deborah said...

You forgot the depressing chemistry tag. I've often wondered if there was stuff in sunscreen that does more harm than good in the long run. What's the verdict?

edutcher said...

That's because rich people are shellfish.

Chip Ahoy said...

The lead comes from eating paint chips and chewing pencils.

The Dude said...

Lead from pencils? Yeah, I don't think so...

chickelit said...

@Sixty: I think Chip meant plumbago

@deborah: My jury is still out. I prefer titanium dioxide.