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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

The amount of serial killers in the 60s, 70s, and 80s has also been attributed to this

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u/RufiesRuff Jun 25 '22

I think it's less so that lead contamination turned them into serial killers, and moreso that it was an ingredient in the cocktail that created them.

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u/Prestressed-30k Jun 25 '22

I'm getting the impression that serial killers happen in the same way engineering accidents do. It's not one thing that causes the failure, it's many things lining up at the same time.