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Metro Manila air still carries lead traces years after fuel phaseout

By postie

MANILA, Philippines — Traces of toxic lead remain in Metro Manila’s air more than two decades after the Philippines phased out leaded gasoline, according to a new study by researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Physics and the Manila Observatory. Published in the February 2026 issue of Atmospheric Environment, the study analyzed