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 ...

More than 150 million cases of mental health disorders — including ADHD, anxiety and depression — may have been caused by lead in gasoline. “A significant burden of mental illness symptomatology and ...

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

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At its core, American Poison tells the story of a public health activist, Alice Hamilton, versus inventor and businessman Thomas Midgley Jr. It's a David and Goliath tale—with lives at stake. During ...

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 ...