Leaded

Does anyone actually sell leaded gasoline anymore?

That first Earth Day was so important in part because we brought together a huge basket of different issues: urban air pollution, freeways cutting through neighborhoods, leaded paint, DDT, the Santa Barbara oil spill, rivers catching on fire.

Wealthy countries began phasing out leaded gasoline in the 1970s and 1980s due to health and environmental concerns.

"The successful enforcement of the ban on leaded petrol is a huge milestone for global health and our environment," UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen said in a statement.

The shortage started when leaded petrol was recently phased out for unleaded petrol.

The global end of leaded gasoline use has been lauded as a milestone by the United Nations Environment Program.

Leaded gasoline is hard to find in some areas now.