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Leaded fuel, or avgas, was banned from cars in the 1980s due to its health dangers, particularly its effect on children’s brains, but is still used in small piston-engine planes.
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Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
The new avgas endangerment finding does not carry any regulatory or legal weight itself.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Oct. 2023
The avgas market is dominated by about eight US refineries and one (troubled) UK company producing the world’s supply of tetraethyl lead.
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Michael J. Coren,
Quartz,
16 June 2022
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Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
The new avgas endangerment finding does not carry any regulatory or legal weight itself.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Oct. 2023
The avgas market is dominated by about eight US refineries and one (troubled) UK company producing the world’s supply of tetraethyl lead.
—
Michael J. Coren,
Quartz,
16 June 2022
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“Avgas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avgas. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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