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Leaded gasoline didn’t just pollute the air—it may have led to 150 million mental health disorders
Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline may be responsible for more than 150 million mental health disorders in Americans alive today. That’s the shocking takeaway from a recent study published in ...
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151M Psychiatric Disorders Tied to Leaded Gas
Exposure to lead from car exhaust made generations of Americans ... determine the impact on early development. They found leaded gasoline, banned in 1996, was the direct cause of 151 million ...
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How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything
At first a crusader for workplace safety, the trained physician railed against the use of the toxic and ubiquitous material ...
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U.Va. study finds Gen X has historically high lead exposure, health risks
While the use of leaded gasoline has been phased out since the ’80s, Reuben warned the issue of lead contamination persists, particularly in industries such as car battery production.
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Millions of Americans—especially Gen X—are dealing with psychiatric disorders associated with leaded gasoline exhaust, new study finds
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State’s public health department receives grant to help transition away from leaded aviation gas
The federal government is expanding an effort to transition the nation’s aviation sector away from leaded aviation gas, known as avgas, through a grant program that will help smaller airports ...