UK Underestimated Lead Pollution from Small Private Planes by 14,000 Times, Study Finds
www.bloomberg.com
Over 370,000 UK homes could be “at risk” from toxic pollution near airports which the government underestimated by 14,000 times, according to a University of Kent study.

Unpaywalled archive link: https://archive.ph/TDGsk Open Access link to the study mentioned: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/puh2.27

Posting because I saw another post on this community about Extinction Rebellion UK blocking a private jet airport today (June 2024) (https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2024/06/02/climate-activists-blockade-farnborough-private-jet-airports-three-main-gates/) and wondered how many people know that leaded fuel is still pretty common in planes, both in the UK and elsewhere; I was pretty shocked when I first learned this

  • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
    7·
    5 months ago

    Right, hopefully G100UL can replace 100LL reasonably quickly, but there’s a big difference between “commercially available” and actually available. I imagine it will be quite some time until it’s commonplace for GA aircraft, unfortunately.

    • ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone
      22·
      5 months ago

      If they aren’t absolutely essential for some important societal function the aircraft should just be grounded rather than be allowed to fly on leaded. No one’s toy or joy ride should be giving thousands of people lead poisoning