Every time I inform someone that the abortion-crime hypothesis went bust and point them toward the lead-crime hypothesis instead, it feels like saving a soul...
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And here's an article about the economists who found out that the famous abortion-crime paper had a major coding error and some other big problems.https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2005/12/01/oops-onomics …
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There, now your soul is saved. :-) Go, my children, and fight for lead removal! (end)
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This is definitely the most fascinating crime hypothesis.
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Yes. I first ran across it through
@kdrum at Mother Jones, about five years ago. I try to stay away from crazy theories, but this one just keeps getting stronger.
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I hope the follow up study is about whether exposure to fracking byproducts leads to a tendency to chant 'Lock her up'.
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"Since 2010, there has been a 69% decrease both citywide and in public housing in the number of children under 18 years old with blood lead levels (BLL) of 5 mcg/dL or greater" https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/lead/lead-quarterly-report.pdf …
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Someone should expand this to see if the excessive violence in antiquity and medieval Europe can also be attributed back to lead
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Is there any research regarding standardized tests scores and lead exposure? As in communities more exposed to lead have lower scores ?
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More importantly, do any of those studies correct for other factors, as the article mentions, like poverty rates?
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What about mercury or asbestos? Do they also cause in increase in crime?
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