Leaded Gasoline Was Responsible For 150 Million Cases Of Psychiatric Disorders In America Alone

Image caption: Lead poisoned a generation, and the consequences include an enormous increase in mental illness. Image credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock.com. Article by Stephen Luntz. IFLScience – December 4, 2024. Study: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 

The addition of lead to gasoline in the United States was responsible for 151 million cases of psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and hyperactivity among Americans, a new study concludes. The cost of doing the same thing to what the rest of the world calls petrol is yet to be calculated, but presumably scales with cars using the product. […]

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