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Lead 'turning children to crime'

PUBLISHED February 21, 2005
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Lead pollution may be turning children into criminals, US experts fear.

Exposure even at low doses can cause aggression and behavioural problems in children, the scientist who first linked lead to lower IQ believes.
Dr Herbert Needleman, of Pittsburgh University, found youths arrested for delinquency had higher levels of lead in their bones than others.

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