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Another similar epidemic to lead poisoning we've been sleeping on is lithium deficiency. Look at the quantum of improvement on suicide and all kinds of violent
by chiaro 8y ago
Another similar epidemic to lead poisoning we've been sleeping on is lithium deficiency. Look at the quantum of improvement on suicide and all kinds of violent crime, including rape and murder per this study[1]. Image of results table:
https://imgur.com/p6p886e https://imgur.com/p6p886e
It's hard not to conclude that it's immoral to not chuck lithium in the water supply, if the natural variance is associated with a doubling of murder. The study has been replicated on suicide in Japan[2] and on Dementia in Denmark[3].
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1699579 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1699579
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19407280 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19407280
[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832877 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28832877
- ng12 8y agoWe don't even know that lithium deficiency is definitively a thing, it's not like there's an established RDA. There could be any number of reasons why it's correlated with lower violent crime.
- vanderZwan 8y agoLithium is prescribed in bipolar disorder, wouldn't that imply it is reasonably understood?
- magic_beans 8y ago"Reasonably understood" is not the same as "Oh, hey, this seems to work."
- tromp 8y ago> It's hard not to conclude that it's immoral to not chuck lithium in the water supply It took me a while to decipher that quadruple negation. In conclusion we should consider chucking lithium in the water supply.