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It's the "Lead-crime" hypothesis, not "mercury-crime" hypothesis, largely driven by the phase out of leaded gasoline and lead paint, and correlated drops in crime after that.



Yea, of course! Thanks for noticing! I believe the two do have similar risk profiles. Lead has always been more abundant and used, however.




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