• KnitWit@lemmy.world
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    Probably still the lead as a major contributor. The phaseout started when elder millennials were young (iirc the timing right). Its still pretty prevalent (Portland schools system as an example) in a wide range of places. And for anyone young enough that has managed to avoid it, they were likely raised by someone who was affected by it so its a learned behavior passed on kinda thing.

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      Yeah, social shittiness that has been passed on from generation to generation over time. Lead and other pollution might make it worse, but the vast majority seems to have a social basis.