> The average prison inmate has an IQ of 85. What can you do with that? A lot of research is now pointing to lead being the cause of a decent amount of crime.

> The average prison inmate has an IQ of 85. What can you do with that? A lot of research is now pointing to lead being the cause of a decent amount of crime. Children who grow up exposed to lead have much lower impulse control which ends up being at the root of a lot of crime. See here[1] for a story on how the murder rate in Jamaica has dropped as a generation grows up without lead paint. [1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/08/18/jamaica_lead_and_crime.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/08/18/jamaica_lead_...