May Contain Lead - Funny Gen X Shirts
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Childhood in the 1970s ran on leaded gasoline, lead paint on the windowsills and a garden hose that tasted like a penny. Nobody wore a seat belt in the way-back of the station wagon, and the dashboard cigarette lighter was a dare. The whole generation came out of it fine, mostly: a short fuse, total recall for every commercial jingle of 1984, and no idea where the car keys went. A funny Gen X shirt for anyone who has quietly blamed a bad decision on the gas station.
THE FINE PRINT
A warning label with rounded corners. GEN X is knocked out of a dark brown bar across the top. Below it a yellow warning triangle holds a gas pump nozzle and hose, one drop falling from the spout. MANUFACTURED 1965-1980 runs in small spaced capitals, and MAY CONTAIN LEAD fills the bottom panel. Distressed throughout.
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When was leaded gasoline banned in the US?
For road vehicles, on January 1, 1996, under the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The phase-out started in the 1970s, when new cars with catalytic converters needed unleaded fuel, and lead in gasoline was cut by about 90 percent by 1986. Plenty of Gen X road trips ran on the old formula.
What years were Gen X born?
Most definitions, including Pew Research Center's, put Gen X births from 1965 to 1980, between the baby boomers and the millennials; some sources start a year or two earlier. Those years line up almost exactly with the peak of leaded gasoline, which nobody mentioned at the time.
What does may contain mean on a food label?
It is a precautionary warning: the allergen is not an ingredient, but the food was made on shared equipment or in a shared facility, so traces are possible. In the US the wording is voluntary and not set by law. Applied to a generation raised downwind of the gas station, it is less a precaution than a disclosure.
