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Definition of Leaded gasoline

1. Noun. Gasoline treated with a lead compound to reduce motor knocks. "Combustion of leaded gasoline released lead into the air where it could cause lead poisoning"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaded Gasoline

Literary usage of Leaded gasoline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environment in the Transition to a Market Economy: Progress in Central and by Anthony Zamparutti, Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Pan-European strategy to phase out leaded gasoline At the Third "Environment for Europe" Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, in October l995, ministers supported ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"leaded gasoline and lead in food, but not lead-based paint, are strongly associated ... Most soil lead and house dust are associated with leaded gasoline. ..."

3. Environmental Financing in the Russian Federation by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1998)
"For example, in 1995, it was decided to discontinue the sale of leaded gasoline in Nizhniy Novgorod. Keeping in mind that 90 per cent of the city's gasoline ..."

4. Energy policies of IEA countries by Iea, International Energy Agency (1999)
"Hungary has also phased out regular leaded gasoline. Unleaded gasoline production started in 1989 and increased from 1% to 72% in 1997. ..."

5. Environmental Investments: The Cost of a Clean Environmentby Alan Carlin by Alan Carlin (1994)
"The second O&M component—the fuel price penalty—reflects the pnce differential between unleaded and leaded gasoline. Historically, the price of unleaded ..."

6. Personal Cars and China =: Si Ren Jiao Che Yu Zhongguo by National Research Council (U.S.), Zhongguo gong cheng yuan (2003)
"The gasoline quality standards include a nationwide ban on leaded gasoline, effective January 2000, which apparently is being observed and enforced. ..."

7. Cost Effective Regulation by EPA and Small Business Impacts: Includes (1993)
"The shift from a pooled average over all gasoline to a standard based on lead per gallon of leaded gasoline was designed to keep the current overall ..."

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