Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to ...

The automobile itself traces its roots back to the late 19th century. Gas stations came about later, though, and people had to work a little harder to get gas up until that point. The first drive-in ...

Exposure to lead in gasoline during childhood resulted in many millions of excess cases of psychiatric disorders over the last 75 years, a new study estimates. Lead was banned from automobile fuel in ...

Lead was added to organic gasoline compounds to increase the fuel's resistance to pre-ignition from the 1920s through its banning in 1996. Lead exposure reached its peak in the 1960s. Scientists ...

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a sweetener. Its most widespread use, however, was its addition to petrol. And it ...

Researchers have long warned about the harmful effects of lead in paint, pipes and other products. But another once-widespread source − leaded gasoline − might have harmed the mental health of a ...

Exposure to moderate levels of lead from gasoline during the 1960s and early 1970s is linked to a 20% increased risk for memory problems later in life, preliminary findings from a large, novel study ...