Phase Out of Leaded Gasoline Backgrounders & Briefs

Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis to Past Decisions: Was Environmental Protection Ever a Good Idea?

04/01/2010

Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman, and Rachel Massey. Georgetown Law Journal. April 2010.

“Applying Cost-Benefit Analysis to Past Decisions: Was Environmental Protection Ever a Good Idea?” challenges the reigning dogma of cost-benefit analysis by asking two simple questions. “If this analytical device had been applied in the 1970s and earlier, would it have endorsed the early successes of health and environmental regulation? Or would it have resulted in negative judgments wherever and whenever it was applied?”

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The Secret History of Lead

03/20/2000

Jamie Lincoln Kitman. The Nation. March 20, 2000.

Taking up an entire issue of the Nation magazine, “The Secret History of Lead” is a stunningly detailed article that reveals the whole sad history of leaded gasoline.

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The Removal of Lead From Gasoline: Historical and Personal Reflections

06/28/1999

Herbert L. Needleman. Environmental Research. June 28, 1999.

“The Removal of Lead From Gasoline: Historical and Personal Reflections” presents serious historical analysis of the leaded gasoline fight. Written by one of the leading members of the field, the piece is interwoven with personal anecdotes from a man who fought on the front lines.

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