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Re:Has the lead-crime hypothesis been debunked? by scotty79 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:27PM (#28022327)
I think leaded gasoline influence on crime rates was observed in countries where abortion was illegal until different date and influence was as strong as in the US.
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Re:Has the lead-crime hypothesis been debunked? by vintermann on Sunday August 01, 2021 @03:36AM (#28024528)
Yes. Information from other countries with different dates of phasing out lead would be (and is) strong evidence for the lead crime hypothesis, and evidence against the racier abortion hypothesis that the Freakonomics guys also promoted. This meta-analysis just gives up on cross-borders comparisons entirely.

And they suspiciously focused on murder only, they may have peeked at the data before deciding.

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