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.

Late last month, before the rains arrived, USC professor Seth John traveled through foothill neighborhoods devastated by the ...

There were several common ways people were exposed during these decades, including lead in gasoline, consumer products, and water lines. Leaded gasoline was the standard in cars until unleaded was ...

The study used historical data on leaded gasoline consumption and national blood lead surveillance to estimate childhood exposure levels for Americans now in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Reuben ...

The study also could add fuel to a fraught and long-standing debate about whether mass lead poisoning could have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. “Ancient texts and archaeological ...