Various lead compounds were mixed with gasoline and tested to improve the operation. It was found that if 1 part of tetraethyl lead were added to 1,000 parts of gasoline, the effect was to retard ...

The impact on people in the UK is probably similar. Unfortunately, no national data was collected, so we can’t be sure.

Its inventor was sure of it. Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and ...

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The impacts of exposure to leaded gasoline and the effectiveness of the public health policy to phase out Tetraethyl lead (TEL) are examined in a new study that suggests ...

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 ...