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Mismatched Epistemics

I like your choice of the infographic as quintessential to experiences of lead exposure. I am interested in what is left unsaid by the infographics which start from the vantage point of wanting to distill complexities into useable vernaculars. For instance, to push against the worn-out saying, "knowledge is power", in the case of a poor family finding out that their home is draped in lead paint, "knowledge is disempowering".

Alice Chen: Exposure ... to information

The author does a great job of culminating their argument on the relationship between the "invisibility" of lead poisoning and the dearth of available data and information access that those communities most susceptible to poisoning risk must navigate. Theoretically, the series of images has the viewer deeply consider the relationship between information and toxic outcomes.