Mind the gap: Lead, mercury, asbestos, and differences in IQ

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By Naveena SadasivamJul 15, 2019, 5:54 am162 pts
Decades before Freddie Gray died in police custody in 2015, he lived in a dilapidated house in the Baltimore neighborhood of Sandtown-Winchester, a part of the city where the average life expectancy is lower than in North Korea. Two out of every five children in the neighborhood tested positive for lead between…

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