Mormon Hair Clippings Preserve Legacy of US Ban on Leaded Gas

Tamara Ceaikovski

Hair samples preserved in family scrapbooks across the past century have revealed the success of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to crack down on lead pollution since the 1970s. Policies to phase out lead from products such as paint, pipes, and gasoline have drastically reduced human exposure to the neurotoxin in just a few decades. Now, University of Utah researchers have traced this win for human health through locks of hair passed down through generations. Human

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Mormon Hair Clippings Preserve Legacy of US Ban on Leaded Gas https://www.sciencealert.com - 06.02.2026 04:10