Researchers Find Lead Exposure Linked to IQ Loss

A Florida State University research team has published a new study that estimates that exposure to lead has robbed Americans an average of 2.6 IQ points per person. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.“Most of what we think of as the lost generation and the greatest generation and baby boomers had a moderate amount of lead exposure,” says Assistant Professor of Sociology Matt Hauer. “Generation X was exposed to very high amounts of lead, and now millennials and the generation following them have been exposed to very low amounts of lead. That follows the trajectory of