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A comment on Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts. Parent comment

Re:Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts by rayiner on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @10:54AM (#6283774)
See: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-li....

Also, lead lowers IQ. Various estimates have been in the several point range, but at least one researcher has estimated an increase of 6 IQ points as a result of the lead ban: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/opinion/kristof-its-a-smar....

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Re:Shon Hopwood and Kopf’s terrible sentencing instincts by dylangs1030 on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @02:21PM (#6285187)
Do you have any sources that can quantify what 6 IQ points is for the average person? Is it a percent benefit (does it benefit someone who would have had a 90 IQ more than someone who would have had a 130 anyway) or absolute benefit (you can quantify an IQ point the same for everyone).

I imagine it's the former, but I'm wondering if you have any other IQ-related sources.

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