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All of the serial killers whose backstory I remember suffered abuse as children, frequently from parents. The ones who murdered women were abused by their mothers.
Lead and other contaminants are likely a contributing factor in causing cognitive issues that lead to less inhibition and projecting their anger onto others that represent the target of their rage. But without the abuse there wouldn't be a trigger for their unregulated anger.
I wonder if their parents grew up locally too, and had the same or similar exposures causing their own negative behavior.
Generationally compounding or something
I think constant stress, sickness and poisoning always makes abuse cycles worse from generation to generation.
But many people have a limit to how badly they mistreat their kids. They will make many mistakes but have lines they will not cross, even if they constantly feel bad and have muddied thinking.
Then there are those who, the worse they feel, the more abusive they become, and there are no safety checks. Those parents definitely left lasting problems over the generations as people had to deal with their offspring.
Many of their kids would have grown up ok, I’m probably one of them.
But there are always a percentage who just don’t get any help from extended family or community. And those are the criminals later. That does not mean the unfortunates were doing illegal things. Many find legal ways to torment others .
Got sidetracked: but yea, lead messed up generations