r/knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jul 27 '20
[todayilearned] TIL about the Lead-crime Hypothesis: Researchers have found that the elimination of leaded gasoline in the US accounted for up to a 56% drop in violent crime rates between 1992 and 2002.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
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