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handcuffs-violence-crime-pollution-leadResearch in recent years has uncovered a strong connection between reductions in lead pollution and the decline in violent crime in the U.S. Writing in Jones this month, Kevin Drum discusses the research of Rick Nevin, a consultant who began researching lead pollution during the 1990s for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Nevin's research has shown that the rise and fall of atmospheric lead produced by leaded gas closely corresponds to a similar rise and fall of violent crime.1
automobile-car-exhaust-gas-pipe-tailpipe-pollution-emission-leadResearch in recent years has uncovered a strong connection between reductions in lead pollution and the decline in violent crime in the U.S. Writing in Jones this month, Kevin Drum discusses the research of Rick Nevin, a consultant who began researching lead pollution during the 1990s for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Nevin's research has shown that the rise and fall of atmospheric lead produced by leaded gas closely corresponds to a similar rise and fall of violent crime.2
