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The lead-crime link hypothesis

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    #32
    Your Face
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    Alex Jones will see us through.


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    #33
    tomofson
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    The media sensationalize more as crime rates fall, so when you read about how violent society is in the papers that is actually a good sign.


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    Shenshen
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    seamus wrote: »
    :confused:

    Lead and Mercury aren't the same thing though.

    It's known that lead is toxic and can have severe developmental effects on children, leading to developmental delays & lowered intelligence.

    Both of which are strongly associated with criminal and anti-social behaviour in teenagers and adults.

    Tbh, it's a fairly sound theory, and those who dismiss it as simple correlation miss the fact that you can draw a direct cause-and-effect line from lead exposure in childhood to criminality in adulthood.
    That is, lead exposure as a child is known to put you more at risk to become a criminal as an adult.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080527201839.htm

    Therefore it's a very plausible theory that general elevated levels of lead in an environment are going to lead to a more general risk of criminality within a population.

    And likewise a reduction in lead in the environment creates a reduction in criminality.

    They aren't - sorry, I don't know what I was thinking there. Completely got it wrong :(

    That said, the studies in China did find very different symptoms they could associate with lead poisoning, so my post isn't all useless...


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