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In reply to the discussion: Yes, lead poisoning could really be a cause of violent crime [View all]KT2000
(20,576 posts)there is always resistance to regulation of ANY toxic metal, chemical etc.
I am currently involved in a citizens group that is trying to make sure a closed paper mill cleans up the hazardous wastes left from their operation. Lead is one of them.
Lead is in lots of Superfund sites and industry - through their PR people - still wants to say it does not harm anyone.
It may interest you to know that our esteemed head of the Poison Control Center in Seattle wrote a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times in the late 1990s saying that no children have ever been poisoned by lead and therefore regulation was unnecessary. He was an industry hack.
This Wiki entry partially explains the PR attempts to discredit Dr. Needleman - and that is what I was referring to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Needleman