A Cheap Gas Station Additive Is Damaging Engines. We all want to save a few cents at the pump. When you see a gas station ...

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 ...

Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead ...

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 ...