Posts Tagged: The Bronx
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Not Uplifting

Chris Arnade's Flickr gallery about the the stories of people living with addiction in the South Bronx is amazing. If you're feeling too happy with yourself or humanity, also, it's a great corrective.

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Science! Something Makes Poor Children "Stupider," Study Finds

The Daily News trumpets a recently-released study which says that, of 249 pregnant women in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, those that breathed more truck and car exhaust had children who scored worse on IQ tests. (This appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, which also includes the shocking results of a study called "Paternal Depressive Symptoms During Pregnancy Are Related to Excessive Infant Crying." NO WAY.) This is some shocking data! Let's take a look inside!