THE IMPACT OF LEADED TO UNLEADED GASOLINE CONVERSION ON THE OCEANIC ISLAND OF BERMUDA Academic Article uri icon

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.

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