THE IMPACT OF LEADED TO UNLEADED GASOLINE CONVERSION ON THE OCEANIC ISLAND OF BERMUDA

abstract

• The 1989 reduction of lead in gasoline on the oceanic island of Bermuda is seen as an important event from both an environmental quality and a geochemical perspective. Gasoline at 0.8 g Pb-1 was the single most important source of lead on the island, and its removal has lead to a rapid decrease in airborne lead levels of >90%. This suggests that significant reductions of lead in other environmental compartments, including nearshore waters and sediments, and also in human and other biological tissues, are to follow. 1993.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT PART A-GENERAL TOPICS

author list (cited authors)

• SIMMONS, J., & KNAP, A. H.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• SIMMONS, JAK||KNAP, AH

publication date

• August 1993

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Atmospheric environment  Journal

keywords

• Air Quality Standards
• Automobile Emissions
• Bermuda
• Drinking Water
• Leaded Gasoline
• Nearshore Sediments
• Total Suspended Particulates

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0960-1686(93)90236-R

start page

• 1729

end page

• 1733

volume

• 27

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0960-1686(93)90236-r