- Even low levels of lead adversely affect children's cognition. Using unique administrative data to track 800,000 children differentially exposed to the phaseout of leaded gasoline in Sweden, study finds that children who were not exposed to leaded gasoline had 5% higher yearly earnings as adults. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/708725 4 comments science
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- Every Breath You Take—Every Dollar You’ll Make: The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970 | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 125, No 3 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691465 653 comments
- Leaded Fuel May Have Triggered a Mental Health Crisis Among Generation X : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/leaded-fuel-may-have-triggered-a-mental-health-crisis-among-generation-x 333 comments