Criminal Element

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/magazine/21wwln-idealab-t.html

This article spoke of the clean air act as well as the reasoning for the down fall in crime. According to college student, economist, Jessica Wolpaw Reyes the reason for the decrease in crime that do to with the exposure to lead which was discovered to be in water, air, and gasoline. Until the Clean Air Act she believed that exposure to lead was the cause of aggression and crime. But right now this is only a theory and has not be proven to be the reason for the crime down fall.

- Regina Flit.