The automobile itself traces its roots back to the late 19th century. Gas stations came about later, though, and people had to work a little harder to get gas up until that point. The first drive-in ...

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. Scientists ...

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

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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 ...

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 in ...

Psychiatric disorders in more than 150 million people over the past 75 years may have resulted from childhood exposure to leaded gas, new research suggests. No level of lead exposure is safe for ...

Filling up a car with gas is second nature for most drivers. But what is not as well known is how dirty a car's fuel system can get over time. If you use low-quality gas without extra fuel additives ...