DavoTB t1_jebpbgc wrote
Late 60’s TV in the US ran public service commercials regularly about kids eating lead paint. One of the most memorable featured a soulful tune with the lyrics:
”….Paint chips peelin’ from the ceiling…and my baby’s dead…
…Eatin’ paint and plaster, I went and called the doctor…
“Convulsions, lead poisonin’… the ghetto malaria…Why, Lord, why?”
Captain__Spiff t1_jedfwox wrote
>the ghetto malaria…
Why, Lord, why?
goltz20707 t1_jec6vr8 wrote
The PSA I remember (NYC, late 1960s) had an ER doctor trying to talk to a Latina woman, asking whether her child had eaten any paint chips. I can only assume they felt the Latinx community was most at risk.
DavoTB t1_jec7h85 wrote
That would be interesting to view…wonder if it is online?
goltz20707 t1_jec8pcl wrote
Couldn’t find it on YouTube, though I found a few others.
My wife remembers one (Pittsburgh) with a small Black child in a dirty room, next to a filthy window. Another at-risk group, I assume.
DavoTB t1_jecbh55 wrote
This commercial featured that as well. I cannot find an example of it online either.
Captain__Spiff t1_jeds8hv wrote
Here's one with black children right at the beginning
DavoTB t1_jegcmmf wrote
That one is new to me. Still searching through some old PSA messages…
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