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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What?
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 09:43:51 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.
> -- 

I too am glad they are doing something.  Attacking some of the problem is
certainly better than doing nothing at all.  Maybe I missed something but
it was my impression that the EPA is not eliminating leaded gas but rather
that the economic factors due to the fact that all the new cars use unleaded
gas is making it uneconomical to produce because of lowered demand.  I had
heard rumors, however, of the EPA possibly getting gasoline producers to
lower the amount of lead to the minimum amount required for lubrication
of the valves (which is apparently a small amount).

David Albrecht