Metro Manila air still carries toxic lead decades after gasoline phaseout

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Apr 29, 2026, 8:20 pm114 ptsTrending
Counterintuitively, despite the ongoing fuel crisis and the over two decades since the global phaseout of leaded gasoline, toxic lead still lingers in Metro Manila's air. By analyzing aerosol data from as far back as 2018 and 2019 using lead isotope fingerprinting, an international team including researchers…

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