Move is the first step toward regulations aimed at reducing exposure to a dangerous neurotoxin, a potential health benefit for people who live near smaller airports.
A worker fills a Cessna 172 with 100 low lead aviation gas at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, CA, on Monday, September 12, 2022. Wednesday announced it has determined that lead emitted from airplanes is a danger to public health, opening the door for the agency’s first-ever limits on lead fuel in aviation.
Sign up for the Climate Coach newsletter and get advice for life on our changing planet, in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. The move puts the Biden administration in the middle of a brewing fight over how long airports — particularly smaller ones — can continue selling leaded gasoline, despite the health hazards from this powerful neurotoxin., according to the EPA, and there is an ongoing dispute about how quickly this form of fuel can be phased out at thousands of airports nationwide.the move.
The EPA and the Federal Aviation Administration have already begun considering their options, the EPA said. That work is happening as Congress also mullsCommercial jets do not use leaded fuel, so the rules would affect only smaller planes that fly two to 10 passengers, the EPA said. On average these aircraft are nearly 50 years old.
Lead exposure can cause behavioral problems, lower IQs and slow growth, the EPA said. And the agency has been trying to strengthen rules against lead pollution, partly in response to a newMiss Manners: How to deal when you make an awkward faux pas
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