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graypegg a day ago

It's still present in a lot of avgas! (Fuel for airplanes) Obviously much less impactful than being surrounded by lead-spewing cars, we haven't totally stopped lead-spewing generally yet.

It would be interesting to know how much leaded avgas specifically affects people. Clearly most of it is emitted high up in the atmosphere but there's still a lot of idling and taxiing around airports...

tencentshill a day ago | parent | next [-]

The smell gets almost unbearable inside the plane as it sits on the tarmac.

Elevated lead levels are found in the blood of airfield employees. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2012-0115-3186.pd...

That was in 2012, I'm sure things have changed a bit in aviation since then.

musicale 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It can't be good that aircraft fly overhead every minute or two.