Our feeling was and still is that there is no scientific reason for not relaxing regulations. [Easing lead rules would] save billions of dollars in the balance of payments and also of million of barrels of crude oil a year.
Dr. Jerome F. Cole, director of environmental health for the Lead Industries Association. From New York Times, “Rules Are Proposed to Speed Reduction of Gasoline Lead,” by Philip Shabecoff.
Tuesday, August 24, 1982
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