{"id":809888,"date":"2022-09-23T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicintegrity.org\/?p=116122"},"modified":"2022-09-23T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:30:00","slug":"getting-the-lead-out-at-long-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/09\/23\/getting-the-lead-out-at-long-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the lead out \u2014 at long last"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The country began phasing lead out of gasoline for cars in the mid-1970s, and yet the toxic metal is still in aviation fuel for small aircraft \u2014 spewing over neighborhoods with children especially vulnerable to its irreversible impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s finally poised to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following decades of pressure from environmental-justice advocates, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized the use of a high-octane unleaded aviation gasoline for use in all spark-ignition aviation engines in the nation\u2019s general aviation fleet. The agency described the decision as \u201ca major step forward\u201d to safely phase out leaded aviation fuel, which contains a highly toxic additive known as tetraethyl lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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