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Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?

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Lead, Landscape, and Lethality

Exploring the unsettling connection between environmental factors and criminal behavior, this chapter focuses on how lead poisoning may have influenced the emergence of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest. Through personal anecdotes and historical context, it examines the tumultuous societal dynamics of the 1970s that contributed to male aggression and violence.

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