What if a childhood danger you never saw or felt quietly rewired your brain-and shaped the mental health of a whole ...

Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas is calculated to have lowered the IQ of about half of the U.S. population, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

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 ...

Leaded gasoline was widely used as car fuel in the US from the 1920s until the 1970s — it was phased out because it was found to be harmful to the environment and human health. It’s taken decades for ...

A study comparing lead exposure in Neanderthals, human ancestors and 20th-century humans poses a series of questions for further study.

Longmont prides itself on being a community that values families, open space, and clean air. Yet just west of downtown, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Daniel Stone talked about the 1920s as the era of American cars, including the dangerous conditions that existed in the country's factories.

Americans might have been a whole lot more intelligent had it not been for lead-based gasoline. Lead was first added to gasoline in 1923, apparently to keep our car engines 'healthy.' But the move ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Professionals in the aviation and energy sectors have formed a company to scale up production of a high-octane, unleaded, sustainable general aviation ...