fascinating stuff
From Sunday's WaPo: "Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity"
Although one should be mindful of naive environmental determinism, this sounds really, really intriguing.
The article opens by saying that Dr. Nevin's research undermines Rudy Giuliani's claim that he singlehandedly cleaned up New York. That might or might not be so - in the end the putative accomplishments of Giuliani are inconsequential. This research kicks ass: Dr. Nevin correlated the rise and fall of crime with exposure to lead. He found similar trends in 9 other countries, over a century. I can't wait to hear Stephen Leavitt's opinion on this.
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