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Leaded fuel, or avgas, was banned from cars in the 1980s due to its health dangers, particularly its effect on children’s brains, but is still used in small piston-engine planes.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
The new avgas endangerment finding does not carry any regulatory or legal weight itself.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
With the new findings, the EPA argues that leaded avgas endangers public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act—and because of this, the US could finally see its first-ever avgas lead limitations.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
The avgas market is dominated by about eight US refineries and one (troubled) UK company producing the world’s supply of tetraethyl lead.
—Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
Lead was banished from U.S. gasoline 25 years ago, but it is still found in nearly all avgas, the fuel for many propeller planes.
—Matt Grossman, WSJ, 10 July 2022
Local officials are not backing down from their ban on refueling with leaded avgas at Santa Clara County’s airports.
—Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
The new avgas endangerment finding does not carry any regulatory or legal weight itself.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
With the new findings, the EPA argues that leaded avgas endangers public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act—and because of this, the US could finally see its first-ever avgas lead limitations.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Oct. 2023
The avgas market is dominated by about eight US refineries and one (troubled) UK company producing the world’s supply of tetraethyl lead.
—Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
Lead was banished from U.S. gasoline 25 years ago, but it is still found in nearly all avgas, the fuel for many propeller planes.
—Matt Grossman, WSJ, 10 July 2022
Local officials are not backing down from their ban on refueling with leaded avgas at Santa Clara County’s airports.
—Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
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“Avgas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avgas. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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