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I'm surprised no one has brought up lead - childhood lead exposure leads to more rash behavior, and the drop in teen pregnancy starts roughly when the first chi
by finch_ 10y ago
I'm surprised no one has brought up lead - childhood lead exposure leads to more rash behavior, and the drop in teen pregnancy starts roughly when the first children who were born after the removal of lead from gasoline and paint started would have become teenagers.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/unleaded-gasoline-and-teen-pregnancy http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/unleaded-gasol...
- Alex3917 10y agoFor what it's worth, here is the actual chart with blood lead levels: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/biomonitoring-lead-data.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents... IIRC the working draft of that report had a more detailed chart, but I don't see it in the final version for whatever reason.