Costs and Benefits of Reducing Lead in Gasoline

Date Published: 
Fri, 02/01/1985

Joel Schwartz, Hugh Pitcher, Ronnie Levin, Bart Ostro, Albert L. Nichols. Environmental Protection Agency. February 1985.

Environmental Protection Agency’s own “Costs and Benefits of Reducing Lead in Gasoline” shows that benefits already outstripped costs by $700 million in 1985, largely due to reduced medical and auto maintenance costs.