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Talk:Lead

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Leaded fuel and crime[edit]

Human took that out. I didn't have a reference at the time, but here's a starting point for research: http://www.cracked.com/article_19893_the-6-weirdest-things-that-statistically-lower-crime.html Oh, yes, and it was done by an economist, so there may be a bit of a Freakonomics situation going on.--ZooGuard (talk) 20:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Here's some more: Lead Exposure and Murder in Latin America (PDF!) and this coverage, which includes a number of links.--ZooGuard (talk) 10:17, 4 August 2013 (UTC)