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  1. frozenborderline

    An article about lead poisoning in the military revealing a potentially superior testing method?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/magazine/lead-poisoning-military-soldiers.html this article discusses a soldier who had lead poisoning and it didn't turn up until they used x ray fluorescence to examine his bones. Looking at the literature, it seems like this is a good, fairly noninvasive...