Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank IQ Scores of Half of Americans | Duke Today
Lead warning on a gas pump at Keeler's Korner, Lynnwood, Washington. (Joe Mabel)
DURHAM, N.C. -- In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being.
A new study calculates that exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood stole a collective 824 million IQ points from more than 170 million Americans alive today, about half the population of the United States.
The findings, from Aaron Re...
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