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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
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Subject: Re: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What?
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Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 10:57:08 EST
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> EPA is not to be commended for anything.  I think they need a head on
> their shoulders but they haven't found one with small enough brains
> yet.  Cars are not the largest contributor to air pollution today, but
> they *are* an easy target for EPA and that's why we get hit.  However,
> they could have just clamped down on new cars and allowed those of us
> running older cars to keep running them on leaded gas.

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, lead from car exhausts
is responsible for symptoms of low-level lead poisoning (hypertension, for
example) in people who live in metropolitan areas.  To me, that sounds
rather serious, and I'm glad EPA is doing something about it.
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