The use of lead as a petrol additive has been a catastrophe for public health. Leaded petrol has caused more exposure to lead than any other source worldwide. By contaminating air, dust, soil, drinkingwater and food crops, it has caused harmfully high human blood lead levels around the world, especially in children (1). Tetraethyllead was first added to petrol in 1922, to improve engine perform...

Petrol directly impacts the ability of and extent to which households can engage in day-to-day activities ultimately influences aggregate economic activity. price increases lead major disruption, especially among most vulnerable, such as low-income families. In Australia, petrol prices differ substantially between metropolitan regional areas, drivers must pay more for purchasing than those capi...

Petrol scarcity is a malady and a serious economic problem in Nigeria. Successive governments have, often times, used it as a case for political advances, yet petrol scarcity remained an undefeatable macroeconomic monster in Nigeria. The need for petrol, its availability and affordability is obviously important especially as the risks and its attendant effects are undesirable. Thus, this invest...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to determine the level of lead in blood of fuel station workers and in a group of people not occupationally exposed to lead METHODS 53 control subjects with low risk lead exposure and 45 fuel station workers comprising the study group were included in this study in a period from September 2008 to December 2009. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for each subj...

consumption of leaded gasoline in iran cause to emit lead compounds in ambient air of gasoline stations and is known to effect on workers health in these locations. the objectives of this study were assessment of ambient lead levels and blood lead levels of gasoline station workers in hamadan city, iran. for this purpose, 82 samples were obtained in ambient air of gasoline station locations. se...