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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by throwaway0010 on Sunday April 20, 2014 @09:23PM (#7619218)
Getting rid of lead in gasoline is important because we consume a LOT of gasoline. We don't consume nearly so much Avgas -- it's about three orders of magnitude difference and as such it's a drastically smaller pollution source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas#Consumption

If you're truly concerned about lead in the environment you'd be best served going after old structures with leaded paint -- not Avgas.

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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by mikeash on Monday April 21, 2014 @12:49AM (#7619840)
And yet avgas is still responsible for nearly half of lead emissions in the US now. That seems significant.
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by hueving on Monday April 21, 2014 @02:32AM (#7620056)
Only if the lead emissions as a whole are significant.
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by mikeash on Monday April 21, 2014 @09:41AM (#7620970)
True, but from what I can see, research indicates that it is.
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by throwaway0010 on Monday April 21, 2014 @02:31PM (#7622726)
Only because lead paint is excluded from your statement by definition. It's already "emitted."
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by mikeash on Monday April 21, 2014 @02:32PM (#7622735)
What proportion of atmospheric lead comes from lead paint?
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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by ak217 on Sunday April 20, 2014 @11:17PM (#7619592)
Old structures with leaded paint don't routinely spray it in a fine mist of particulates from several thousand feet in the air, do they?

Do I understand correctly that leaded paint is harmless until scratched or otherwise dispersed?

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Re:Did removing lead from petrol spark a decline in crime? by GFK_of_xmaspast on Sunday April 20, 2014 @11:33PM (#7619636)
Lead paint can get pulverized and dispersed as dust as you open and close windows and doors and the like.
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