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In reply to the discussion: About that "lead exposure caused the youth violence of the 70s-90s" research... [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)71. lol. you post random research you haven't read & pretend you know what you're talking about.
but it's clear you've never done any kind of research.
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About that "lead exposure caused the youth violence of the 70s-90s" research... [View all]
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
OP
Indeed. There are a lot of angles; one is that attributing social problems to lead exposure means
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#3
and yet, lead really is a special case, because it's most prevalent source was eliminated
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#22
"Multiple countries" = 6, all in western europe. Japan, for example, was not investigated.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#34
Rick Nevin wants to use tax money to replace windows in REOs to increase their value to
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#37
You notice they don't cite the studies (so you can't read them); only one researcher's name is
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#6
I'd also be interested in knowing what Mielke's actually degreed in -- he got his PhD in 1972,
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#9
I thought the decrease in crime since the 90s was a function of boomers getting older
JVS
Jan 2013
#5
However, if lead exposure directly caused violent behavior at a neurological level, you'd expect
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#7
yes, i understand that men tend to be more violent than women, & young men more so than
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#46
Popular articles on such topics aren't worth much. Lead is a neurotoxin, that's not controversial.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#11
being as the paper is from 2007, actually it is pretty new. and given the lack of similar papers,
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#16
"boys may be even more susceptible than girls...this study is the first to document a statistically
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#45
I will give it my best when I get home.... it is common knowledge that boys tend to exhibit
2on2u
Jan 2013
#29
I saw there's a new paper out about lead & ADHD too. They're hitting it hard. But it made me
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#44
Some people treat from a biochemical standpoint, take the Pfeifer Research Center for
2on2u
Jan 2013
#60
What I'm asking is, if it's so certain that lead is a leading cause of ADHD, why don't diagnosis &
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#61
Multifactorial comes to mind, some toxicity issues mimick genetic illness/syndromes, so it is
2on2u
Jan 2013
#64
If lead is supposedly a major cause, yes, it's hard to imagine why testing wouldn't be routine.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#66
LOL. It hasn't been 'studied extensively' at all. Take your link, for example:
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#25
They did the study *because the etiology was already established*, which you keep ignoring
Recursion
Jan 2013
#33
The etiology of lead & neurotoxicity/IQ. Not violence. Violence isn't the reason they were doing
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#43
Neurotoxicity and prefrontal lobe damage can lead to aggressive and violent behaviour
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2013
#62
key word: 'can'. not 'is' on some predictable basis. most patients with frontal lobes lesions
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#65
lol. you post random research you haven't read & pretend you know what you're talking about.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#71
I'm all for getting the lead out of toxic sites, reducing smelter emissions & similar projects.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#32
It doesn't say anything significant about lead as a causal factor in violent crime, because the
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#26
I read part of that article before. I also happen to be fairly confident there is only one
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#42
Lead is a well-known neurotoxin. The research on links to violence is minimal, correlative only,
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#30
The research on lead and 'anti-social behavior' going back to the 50s is weak (as might be guessed
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#41
It's not just inner-city housing he's talking about. It's any/all bank-owned property that could
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#38
I agree, it bears looking into. And I agree, the evidence tying the correlation to levels of
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#40
I would too, except that in this case this particular author appears to be cited in nearly every
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#54
he's not doing meta-analysis. there isn't even enough in the literature for it. He's
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#56
More like selective review of the (limited) literature. Though I question any lit review that cites
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#59
actually, no, there were more whites in a lot of those urban areas, most notably nyc. if lead
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#48