The move comes amid growing attention on potential health risks from lead emissions, particularly for kids who live near airports.
As health concerns prompt federal regulators to consider banning, the Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to explore ways to help speed the transition to cleaner forms of aviation fuel at their busy airport.
“It’s an important conversation and I’m glad that there’s new energy around the issue,” Richardson said. Such data prompted Lori Shepler, whose twins attend school near Long Beach Airport, to start pushing this summer for a ban on leaded fuel. She cites data showing that in kids, even traces of lead in the blood have been linked in study after study to irreversible developmental problems, including lower IQs and attention disorders.
Early this year, Santa Clara County became first in the nation to institute its own ban on leaded fuel at two of its airports. The move came after the county commissioned a The EPA’s proposed endangerment finding will go through a public comment period before the agency can issue a decision some time in 2023. If the endangerment finding is finalized, the EPA would then propose lead emission standards for planes. Standards could range from limiting use of the fuel to a complete ban, which would likely be phased in over several years.
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