I posted this after hearing a radio show about the research. That showed focused on the possible causes of the decline of crime in New York city during the 1990s. Mayor Rudy Giuliani's "no-broken window" policy is usually cited as the cause, but the researcher argues it may simply have be a delayed effect of the declining lead level which began in the Mid 1970s.
Harry On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > There has been good evidence of this for many years. > > There is a horrifying example of an apartment complex built over a highway > in the 1950s, exposed to the fumes of the cars with leaded gasoline. Large > number of children raised there became violent. > > - Jed >
