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Lead compounds are added to petrol so that petrol burns smoothly in vehicles. The harmful effect of these lead compounds in petrol is that toxic lead compounds are released through the silencer/ exhaust pipes of vehicles. Inhalation of these compounds causes diseases like brain damage, anaemia etc.


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