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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?”

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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.

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DavoTB t1_jec7h85 wrote

That would be interesting to view…wonder if it is online?

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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.

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