http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Yes, lead poisoning could really be a cause of violent crime" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:52:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9237#post-96224 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:43:12 +0000 Instography 96224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting discussion of this on R4 this morning.</p> <p>I'm waiting to hear that a similar environmental / farming / manufacturing form of toxicity is implicated in the global, almost synchronised explosion of obesity and other things that people have, for decades, conceived of and explained in terms of individual pathologies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9237#post-96215 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:23:02 +0000 chdot 96215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another motor vehicle legacy(?)</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/07/violent-crime-lead-poisoning-british-export" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/07/violent-crime-lead-poisoning-british-export</a></p> <p>"<br /> The lead "scare" began in 1974 when Michael Moore, a doctor based at the University of Glasgow, found widespread poisoning of Scottish families from lead plumbing. Children in Glasgow were twice as likely to be mentally retarded if the lead in their home tap water exceeded World Health Organisation limits, which half the city's tap water did.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=93162" rel="nofollow">http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=93162</a> </p>