Rick Nevin is an economic consultant who acts as an adviser to the National Center for Healthy Housing and has worked on the Federal Strategy to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.[1] Amongst other research, he has published papers in the journal Environmental Research claiming to demonstrate a link between environmental lead exposure and violent crime in the United States[2] and in nine countries worldwide.[3] This research has been publicized in the press by a Washington Post article in July 2007,[4] by Mother Jones in 2013,[5] and elsewhere, including the UK's Independent in October 2007[6] and Guardian in 2013.[7] Nevin's work on lead pollution has also featured in numerous books about public health,[8] social sciences and social justice,[9][10] criminology,[11][12] environmentalism and sustainability,[13][14] and air pollution.[15]
