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Childhood Lead Levels Linked to Adult Crime

Exposure tied to smaller brains for kids who later turn to crime

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2008 3:01 AM CDT

(Newser) – Childhood lead exposure has been linked to smaller brains and criminal behavior in adulthood, reports the Los Angeles Times. Researchers studying childhood blood contamination in old Cincinnati buildings with lead-based paint discovered that each 5 microgram-per-deciliter increase in blood lead levels by the age of...   Read full story »

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