Decades of leaded gasoline exposure in the United States linked to mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD and neurotic behavior.

Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas, which was phased out in 1996, resulted in anxiety, depression and ADHD symptoms in generations of people, researchers found.

Decades of lead exposure from car exhaust altered the mental health of millions of Americans, making them more prone to depression, anxiety and ADHD, a new study claims.

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 new study revealed that leaded gasoline exposure may have contributed to millions of mental health cases in the U.S.

The fuel type was banned in 1996, but people exposed to it as children are particularly susceptible to depression, anxiety, ADHD and personality changes.