Subject: Get the Lead Out of Aviation Gas!
From: Caleb Laieski <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 11:47:21 -0400

Administrator McCarthy,

It has been more than 16 years since the U.S. EPA required the complete phaseout of lead in automobile gasoline. Lead is a harmful and toxic chemical that causes a broad range of adverse health effects when absorbed by the body, with children being especially vulnerable.

There is no safe level of lead exposure!

Despite all of this evidence that lead is a major problem, general aviation planes continue to fly using leaded fuel. Aviation gasoline (“avgas”), used to power piston engine aircraft, is the single largest source of lead emissions in the United States.

The EPA must find that lead emissions from general aviation aircraft endanger public health and welfare and initiate a rule to eliminate lead from general aviation immediately.

Thank you very much for your time and all you do,

Caleb Laieski