Yandell Henderson

Yandell Henderson (April 23, 1873 – February 18, 1944) was an American physiologist.

[1][2] Henderson was a director of the Yale Laboratory of Applied Physiology at Yale University,[1][2] a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[1] chairman of the section of physiology and pathology of the American Medical Association.

[1] A collection of his papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.

[5][6] Though he did not succeed in preventing its commercialization, his warnings predicted the public health consequences that would result.

Fifty years later, in 1973, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued regulations controlling the lead content of gasoline.