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Lead and The Environment
Some materials are so commonplace that we take them for granted. One of
those materials is a grayish metal that has been with us for thousands of years.
That metal is lead, still one of the world's most useful substances, and one
that never ceases to find a role in human society.
Lead has the atomic symbol of Pb (for plumbum, lead in Latin). The
atomic number for lead is 82 and the ato ....
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.... storage; and
it is suspected to have resulted in widespread lead poisoning. Members of the
famous Franklin Expedition to the Northwest Passage in the mid-1840s met a
similar fate, being poisoned from lead in solder, widely used at the time to
seal tins used to store foods. Until recently, one of the most significant uses
was an anti-knock additive in gasoline. In the 1970s and 1980s, steps were taken
to reduce the use of leaded gas. By 1990, these actions had virtually elimina ....
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