Yesk study )n lead in AC fuel
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k desk study of the ssib lity of lead traps had ently been made and a per which summed it up .sented to the EEC Commisn charged with developing iger-term proposals for ding with lead in petrol.
V1r John Horam, Under L-retary for Transport, who flounced this in the Cornms, added that the paper icluied that the use of lead Los was technically feasible d ought to be investigated 'the r.
But _he cost advantages had t yet been conclusively demst ated and could in any event be realised only if this particular method of curbing pollution from lead in petrol was generally adopted within the Community.
Mr Denis Howell, Minister of State for the Environment, said that work would begin early next year to measure the blood lead content of sample populations in all cities of over half a million and also of critical groups who might be exposed to above average lead concentration, including those living in areas where traffic was particularly heavy.
Similar work was being undertaken in other EEC countries.