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the phase-out of leaded gasoline was responsible for up to 28% of the steep fall in homicide rates from 1989 to 2014

holy fuck

@sparklepanic This graph shows atmospheric lead concentration and violent crime rates in high correlation in New Orleans, LA

src: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.005

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@NoraBell @sparklepanic yeah, its wild that everyone knew what lead does and was like nah its totally fine to put everywhere still. st. louis is still recovering from the lead disaster