Dr. Tabatha Barber discusses lead contamination in water using Flint, Michigan as an example, linking it to children's cognitive decline and educational struggles. She argues that affected children are often misdiagnosed with behavioral disorders instead of recognized as poisoned, and warns that some exposures escape standard clinical testing.
I mean, and we. We could go on all day, like, talking about toxins, heavy metals in our water. I. I live in Michigan. Flint, Michigan, has the worst water in the whole country. And we have children who can't even stay in school and get through sixth grade because their lead levels are so high that their brains don't work. Like, it's an outrage. It's not. Okay. And we just act like, well, that's just them. They have behavioral issues or they have adhd, and that's their problem. No, we're poisoning them. That's the problem. So there's all kinds of things that need to be evaluated in addition to cleaning up your diet, getting mindful about what you're eating and when. But there's things that are happening that you just might not realize and that your doctor doesn't know how to test for. So.
