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Does anyone know any good studies looking at this in different countries? For example, lots of communist countries had ridiculous levels of lead pollution. Doe
by iguy 8y ago
Does anyone know any good studies looking at this in different countries?
For example, lots of communist countries had ridiculous levels of lead pollution. Does this show up in their crime & IQ stats, as articles like this suggest it should? They also (sometimes) took great effort to mix up the population, putting all social classes in the same building... which would help avoid one complaint here, that obviously people who could afford to do so chose not to live in the most polluted bits of American cities.
- lainga 8y agoBecause the spike in alcoholism after the Soviet Union collapsed might drown out lead-based signals in crime rates, you might try any of the former DDR, Czechia or Poland, especially in the "Black Triangle" around As which was heavily industralised.
- mozumder 8y agoI think this would be a good variable to analyze. A lot of third-world countries didn't have a large automobile infrastructure, and so they had lower lead levels, leading to smarter people with less crime. This could be the source of "smart Asian" stereotype. But, I don't know if atmospheric lead pollution is uniform globally or localized.
- Nasrudith 8y agoIt is very localized - areas by old highways have issues with higher lead concentration in soil. Which seems intuitive but CFCs are heavier than air yet can still wind up high enough to cause ozone layer issues via air currents