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Gasoline Additives Question - For non-Canada/US friendlisters
Do any of you know if gasoline or similar fuels are still being sold with lead additives of any sort anywhere outside of the US and Canada?
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mcwetboy.livejournal.com
2014-07-26 09:08 pm (UTC)
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It's apparently still used in some grades of avgas, an aviation fuel used in internal combustion engines (as opposed to jets and turbines).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas#Phase-out_of_leaded_aviation_gasoline
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dewline.livejournal.com
2014-07-26 09:11 pm (UTC)
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Hmmm. Good to know this!
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spross.livejournal.com
2014-07-27 10:52 pm (UTC)
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I recall hearing somewhere, that Leaded gas was still used in parts of Africa.
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resonant.livejournal.com
2014-07-28 01:00 am (UTC)
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Just Algeria now, the rest of the countries have gotten rid of it.
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resonant.livejournal.com
2014-07-28 12:59 am (UTC)
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TEL is still used in Algeria, Iraq, Yemen, Myanmar, North Korea, and Afghanistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas#Phase-out_of_leaded_aviation_gasoline
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead