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kottke.org @kottke.org

Did Lead Poisoning Create a Generation of Serial Killers? “Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, and many other notorious figures lived in and around Tacoma in the sixties. A new book argues that there was something in the water.” [newyorker.com]

aug 25, 2025, 7:06 pm • 20 4

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Richard Zencker @zencker.bsky.social

This is not a new theory. Some, of course, blamed fluoridation.

aug 25, 2025, 7:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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L. Rosenthal @lrosenthal.bsky.social

Idk. Seems global . But I’d it was least poisoning. RFKJr I’m sure will ring it back

aug 25, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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harywilke.bsky.social @harywilke.bsky.social

No. Do lead foundries create serial killers? No. Is lead exposure bad for you, yes. Is lead poisoning a boogie man, yes.

aug 25, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Rachel Greenham @strangenoises.org

i reckon lead poisoning created the current political class.

aug 25, 2025, 7:10 pm • 0 0 • view