Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth

Damn Interesting • The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth
A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research, which used data spanning more than fifty years, reported a “very strong association” between the exposure of young children to lead, and crime rates twenty years later when they became young adults. This correlation holds true for a wide variety of locales, social conditions, and models of government.