A new study finds lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ancient Rome
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Health and educational outcomes improved for each American cohort across the 20th century until the period 1947-1960. Americans born in each year of that period have worse outcomes than those born a year earlier. The most likely cause for the decline is lead pollution from motor vehicle exhaust. 🚗💨📉📚
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The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans Born after 1947
(June 2025) - I present evidence of across-cohort decline in the health and human capital of Americans, beginning with those born after 1947 and continuing until those born in the mid-1960s. Education, men's wages, women's maternal health (proxied by their…
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