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humans · Homo sapiens
killed by lead
1.5 million
a year
0.048
a second
4,107
a day
the true number
?
no ledger. one recent estimate is 5.5 million, four times the old one. nobody is sure, and the range is the finding.
method GBD 2019 (~0.9M) and Larsen & Sandahl 2023 (~5.5M cardiovascular); the site shows 1.5M and states the range as the finding.
- leaded petrol was banned in the last country, algeria, in 2021. children’s blood lead has fallen about tenfold where it was banned. because we stopped.source: UNEP 2021; CDC NHANES
- it is still in old paint, old pipes, some spices, some pots, some cosmetics, and the batteries we recycle badly.source: Larsen & Sandahl 2023, Lancet Planetary Health; Pure Earth
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=humans" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · humans"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- GBD 2019 (~0.9M) and Larsen & Sandahl 2023 (~5.5M cardiovascular); the site shows 1.5M and states the range as the finding.
- range
- 0.9–5.5 million/yr
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- the widest range on the human side of the site, by design shown as a dash for 'the true number'.
- becomes a feed
- OpenAQ, air in ten thousand cities right now
- dispute
- dispute LGR-058 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0