A new study says that exhaust from gasoline containing lead may have contributed to ADHD, anxiety, and other mental health disorders in a large segment of the population Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg/Getty ...

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a sweetener. Its most widespread use, however, was its addition to petrol. And it ...

Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely ...

A gas pump showing high gas prices for all octane ratings - ZikG/Shutterstock Since the start, the makers of gasoline have searched for a fuel that reduces knock as much as possible. That's what led ...