Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have long warned about the harmful effects of lead in paint, pipes and other products. But another once-widespread ...

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 ...

After all those "lead paint" jokes about boomers, the shoe may be on the other foot. It's become a common internet joke in recent years — or maybe an actual theory — to attribute boomers' often ...

Leaded gasoline's century-long reign of destruction is over. The final holdout, Algeria, used up the last of its stockpile of leaded gasoline in July. That's according to the U.N. Environment ...

Researchers found that lead-associated mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for those born between 1966 and 1986. Exposure to lead in gasoline during childhood resulted in ...

Between the early 1920s and 1980s, much of the gasoline used in the U.S. was leaded. Though usage peaked in the 1970s, it wasn’t banned as a passenger car fuel additive in the U.S. until 1996, and ...

Psychiatric disorders in more than 150 million people over the past 75 years may have resulted from childhood exposure to leaded gas, new research suggests. No level of lead exposure is safe for ...

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.

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 ...