Lead may have been banned from gasoline in 1996, but millions of Americans are still dealing with the repercussions of decades of mass exposure to the heavy metal. According to research published ...

Lead was added to gasoline to improve engine performance beginning in the 1920s. Use of leaded gas increased after World War II, per NBC News, and hit peak use in the 1960s and '70s, before it was ...

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 ...