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In December 1955, a man posts a price for leaded gasoline at a station in Everett, Massachusetts. The United Nations said on Monday that the world is no longer using the toxic fuel, bringing an end to a century of damaging pollution. Anonymous/Associated Press hide caption

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The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile

A calamitous invention that poisoned air, water and soil for generations is no more, according to a report from the United Nations.

In December 1955, a man posts a price for leaded gasoline at a station in Everett, Massachusetts. The United Nations said on Monday that the world is no longer using the toxic fuel, bringing an end to a century of damaging pollution. Anonymous/Associated Press hide caption

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The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile

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A woman surveys damage Monday from Hurricane Ida in a neighborhood in Kenner, La. The storm was fueled by abnormally warm water in the Gulf of Mexico. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida

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Customers walks into a McDonald's restaurant, in London on Aug. 24. McDonald's says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption

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McDonald's Is Out Of Milkshakes In The U.K. And A Truck Driver Shortage Is To Blame

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