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Children living closest to the mines had the lowest literacy and numeracy scores. Katherine Clark/Flickr

Australian children exposed to toxic mining metals do worse at school

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Chenyin Dong, Macquarie University; Louise Kristensen, Macquarie University, and Sammy Zahran, Colorado State University

Children in mining and smelting towns who are exposed high levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium are more than twice as likely to have developmental disorders than the national average.
In an analysis of seven sites in NSW, the highest crime rates correlated with the highest levels of lead in the air. Flickr/Frank de Kleine

Childhood lead exposure linked to crime in adulthood

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Bruce Lanphear, Simon Fraser University; Damian Gore, Macquarie University; Miri Forbes, Macquarie University, and Sammy Zahran, Colorado State University

We’re increasingly realising that the child’s physical and chemical environment plays a significant role in criminal behaviours later in life.

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