Cenk Uygur
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Lead Poisoning Linked to Violent Crime
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January 8, 2013
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11:04Now Playing"If econometric studies were all there were to the story of lead, you'd be justified in remaining skeptical no matter how good the statistics look. Even when researchers do their best—controlling for economic growth, welfare payments, race, income, education level, and everything else they can think of—it's always possible that something they haven't thought of is still lurking in the background. But there's another reason to take the lead hypothesis seriously, and it might be the most compelling one of all: Neurological research is demonstrating that lead's effects are even more appalling, more permanent, and appear at far lower levels than we ever thought."*
Could it be that America's real criminal element...is lead? Studies show exposure to lead may effect the brain and cause people to be more likely to commit violent crime. Is the theory too far fetched? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the research.
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