Environmental

United Nations Declares Victory in Global Eradication of Leaded Gasoline

New Report Shows Lead Levels in Blood Drop 90 Percent, Trillions of Dollars Saved Worldwide

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  The United Nations Environment Programme today declared victory in a decade-long campaign, spanning more than 100 countries, to complete the elimination of  lead from gasoline worldwide. A new independent analysis also released today finds an annual $2.4 trillion in health, social and economic benefits from the global phase-out of leaded gasoline.

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