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minus-squareWanderWisley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 day agoThere is also a correlation between lead paint and serial killers in America in the 60s and 70s as well as leaded gasoline.
minus-squareTheodorAlforno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoLead indeed caused violent crime as it influences our nervous system and thus our behavior. It is a widely accepted hypothesis by now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis?wprov=sfla1
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoThere’s an additional hypothesis that a lot of the violence in the 60s and 70s was also driven by people who grew up in broken homes with unhappy marriages that couldn’t be ended
minus-squareRebecca_Corndogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI’ve also seen theories about the effects of untreated PTSD on the children of WWII vets.
There is also a correlation between lead paint and serial killers in America in the 60s and 70s as well as leaded gasoline.
Lead indeed caused violent crime as it influences our nervous system and thus our behavior. It is a widely accepted hypothesis by now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead–crime_hypothesis?wprov=sfla1
There’s an additional hypothesis that a lot of the violence in the 60s and 70s was also driven by people who grew up in broken homes with unhappy marriages that couldn’t be ended
I’ve also seen theories about the effects of untreated PTSD on the children of WWII vets.