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January 3, 2013 07:21 pm PST
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Leaded gasoline and the 20th-century crime wave
Scientists are amassing evidence that suggests exposure to tetraethyl lead — the additive once used in almost all the gasoline sold in the United States — could account for the dramatic increase in crime that happened in this country between the 1960s and 1980s. As leaded gasoline was phased out, they say, children were exposed [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/48DUekDhbk8/leaded-gasoline-and-the-20th-c.html
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