Gasoline used to be a common source of lead exposure in the US. Now, millions of people’s mental health may be feeling the impacts.

A landmark study reveals a disturbing link between past leaded gasoline use and widespread mental health issues in the US. Millions of Americans may suffer from depression, anxiety, and attention deficits due to lead exposure,

Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline may be responsible for more than 150 million mental health disorders in Americans alive today. That’s the shocking takeaway from a recent study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

The harm that lead exposure can do to people's health is long-established. A recently published study has revealed just how much harm childhood lead exposure can cause and how such lead exposure drove a hidden mental health crisis of which many Americans living today have likely been victims.

And it is this use that has been associated with increased mental health disorders, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Americans, especially those born between 1966 and 1986 (largely so-called generation X),

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