A theoretical analysis of the environmental effects of lead contamination over time on IQ, education and crime in America
A viewpoint
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19269285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Emmett Brady (0000-0003-1006-6874, California State University, Long Beach, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 189-201 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207239308710860 |
| OpenAlex | W1985670977 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Lead poisoning and contamination is a major factor which partly explains why racial minorities in the U.S.A. have lower than average IQ's, social mobility, educational success and economic prosperity. When combined with the factors of low birth weight and childhood neglect/physical abuse, higher minority crime rates are partially explained. The major conclusion is that government war on poverty/economic education and opportunity programs for minorities only occurs after negative, detrimental environmental impacts, such as lead contamination‐poisoning have severely impacted the physical and mental health of minorities as children. If the government authorities are serious about a “War on Poverty”, government programs must be in place to protect and nurture minority children before they are born and through age 6
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Government (linguistics) · Lead poisoning · Nature versus nurture · Neglect · Political science · Poverty · Prosperity · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
The general theory of employment, interest, and money
Closing the gap
Inequality
How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement
School Quality and Black-White Relative Earnings
Birth Order, Family Size, and Intelligence
Economics from a Biological Viewpoint
Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
Education and Income
The "Inheritance of IQ" and the Intergenerational Reproduction of Economic Inequality
Not in Our Genes
Mother’s home time and the production of child quality
The Gap at the Top
Earnings Profile
Education, Income, and Ability
The Production of Human Capital and the Life Cycle of Earnings
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation
The Cost of School Time, Foregone Earnings, and Human Capital Formation
Education in Production
Preparing for Power
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |