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:
Wealthy people also sequester more Ag, Au, Dn (dinero), and Sm (simoleons).
Don't forget Bn (Benjamins) and Gb - greenbacks.
Pt, too, and I don't mean the boat.
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?
That's because rich people are shellfish.
The lead comes from eating paint chips and chewing pencils.
Lead from pencils? Yeah, I don't think so...
@Sixty: I think Chip meant plumbago
@deborah: My jury is still out. I prefer titanium dioxide.
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