Lead is known to be greatly toxic to human health. Either acute or chronic exposure are related to many neurological symptoms and disorders, as cramps, hyperesthesia, and nervous paralysis.

But here, @brianklaas  investigates and reports the effects that long-term exposure to lead might have on human cognitive development and behaviour and how it demographically relates to a surge in violent crime.

A well-researched and fascinating piece.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas/p/did-leaded-gasoline-cause-a-huge?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4iwrs​​

Did leaded gasoline cause a huge spike in crime?

The Lead-Crime Hypothesis—that the toxic effects of leaded gasoline explain big spikes in crime—offers convincing evidence and helps explain why violent crime fell so much from the 1990s to today.

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