Lead-associated mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for cohorts born from 1966 through 1986 (Generation X).
Conclusions
A significant burden of mental illness symptomatology and disadvantageous personality differences can be attributed to US children’s exposure to lead over the past 75 years. Lead’s potential contribution to psychiatry, medicine, and children’s health may be larger than previously assumed.
tldr:
Lead-associated mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for cohorts born from 1966 through 1986 (Generation X).
Conclusions
A significant burden of mental illness symptomatology and disadvantageous personality differences can be attributed to US children’s exposure to lead over the past 75 years. Lead’s potential contribution to psychiatry, medicine, and children’s health may be larger than previously assumed.