{"id":6543,"date":"2024-04-28T02:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/?p=6543"},"modified":"2024-04-28T02:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:51:05","slug":"the-man-who-accidentally-killed-the-most-people-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/video\/the-man-who-accidentally-killed-the-most-people-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IV3dnLzthDA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <br \/> One scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: \u200bhttps:\/\/www.wren.co\/start\/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay for the first month of your subscription!<\/p>\n<p>Massive thanks to Prof. Francois Tissot for suggesting we make a video on the topic of isotope geochemistry. Huge thanks to Prof. Bruce Lanphear for consulting with us on lead and cardiovascular diseases. Thanks to the Caltech Archives for the audio of Patterson\u2019s interview. Thanks to Vincent Mai for lending us your Snatoms kit. Thanks to Rayner Moss for the help with the fire-piston.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson\u2019s 1995 interview audio courtesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u2580\u2580\u2580<br \/>\nOther great resources you should check out:<br \/>\nBill Bryson has a chapter in his fantastic \u201cA Short History of Nearly Everything\u201d<br \/>\nRadiolab have a wonderful podcast: https:\/\/www.wnycstudios.org\/podcasts\/&#8230;<br \/>\nCosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has a wonderful episode \u2013 S1E7 which does a great job of telling the story of Clair Patterson<br \/>\nA fantastic Mental floss article \u2013 https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/9&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2580\u2580\u2580<br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<p>Much of the lead-crime hypothesis data is from Rick Nevin\u2019s work \u2013 https:\/\/ricknevin.com\/<\/p>\n<p>WHO factsheet on lead poisoning \u2013 https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>WHO press release about the end of leaded gasoline https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/08\/&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF report \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/UNICEF<\/p>\n<p>Needleman, H. (2004). Lead poisoning. Annu. Rev. Med., 55, 209-222. https:\/\/ve42.co\/Needleman1<\/p>\n<p>Needleman, H. L. (1991). Human lead exposure. CRC Press. https:\/\/ve42.co\/Needleman2<\/p>\n<p>Needleman, H. L. et al. (1979). Deficits in psychologic and classroom performance of children with elevated dentine lead levels. New England journal of medicine, 300(13), 689-695. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Needleman3<\/p>\n<p>Needleman, H. L. et al. (1996). Bone lead levels and delinquent behavior. Jama, 275(5), 363-369. https:\/\/ve42.co\/Needleman4<\/p>\n<p>Kovarik, W. J. (1993). The ethyl controversy: the news media and the public health debate over leaded gasoline, 1924-1926 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Kovarik2<\/p>\n<p>Edelmann, F. T. (2016). The life and legacy of Thomas Midgley Jr. In Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania https:\/\/ve42.co\/Edelmann<\/p>\n<p>More, A. F. et al. (2017). Next\u2010generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: Insights from the Black Death. GeoHealth, 1(4), 211-219. https:\/\/ve42.co\/More1<\/p>\n<p>McFarland, M. J., et al. (2022). PNAS 119(11), e2118631119. https:\/\/ve42.co\/McFarland<\/p>\n<p>Kovarik, W. (2005). Ethyl-leaded gasoline. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 11(4), 384-397. https:\/\/ve42.co\/Kovarik3<\/p>\n<p>Nevin, R. (2007). Understanding international crime trends: the legacy of preschool lead exposure. Environmental research, 104(3), 315-336. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Nevin2007<\/p>\n<p>Ericson, J. E., et al. (1979). Skeletal concentrations of lead in ancient Peruvians. New England Journal of Medicine, 300(17), 946-951. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Ericson1<\/p>\n<p>Patterson, Claire. The Isotopic Composition of Trace Quantities of Lead and Calcium https:\/\/ve42.co\/Patterson1<\/p>\n<p>Boutron, C. F., &#038; Patterson, C. C. (1986). Lead concentration changes in Antarctic ice during the Wisconsin\/Holocene transition. Nature, 323(6085), 222-225. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Boulton1<\/p>\n<p>Patterson, C. (1956). Age of meteorites and the earth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 10(4), 230-237. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Patterson2<\/p>\n<p>Lanphear, B. P. et al (2018). Low-level lead exposure and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Public Health, 3(4), e177-e184. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Lanphear1<\/p>\n<p>Schaule, B. K., &#038; Patterson, C. C. (1981). Lead concentrations in the northeast Pacific: evidence for global anthropogenic perturbations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 54(1), 97-116. \u2013 https:\/\/ve42.co\/Schaule1<\/p>\n<p>\u2580\u2580\u2580<br \/>\nSpecial thanks to Patreon supporters: Inconcision, Kelly Snook, TTST, Ross McCawley, Balkrishna Heroor, Chris LaClair, Avi Yashchin, John H. 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