Bleibenzin - eine schwere Geschichte. Die Geschichte der
Benzinverbleiung aus der Sicht der Politik, des Rechts, der
Wirtschaft und der Ökologie.

B 2002

Bleibenzin - eine schwere Geschichte. Die Geschichte der Benzinverbleiung aus der Sicht der Politik, des Rechts, der Wirtschaft und der Ökologie.

BREU, Michael, Samuel GERBER, Matthias MOSIMANN and Tomáš VYSUŠIL

Basic information

Original name

Bleibenzin - eine schwere Geschichte. Die Geschichte der Benzinverbleiung aus der Sicht der Politik, des Rechts, der Wirtschaft und der Ökologie.

Name (in English)

The Leaded Gasoline - a Heavy History. The History of the Gasoline Leading Taking into Account the Political, Legal, Economic and Ecological Points of View.

Authors

BREU, Michael, Samuel GERBER, Matthias MOSIMANN and Tomáš VYSUŠIL

Edition

München, 2002

Publisher

ökom Verlag

Other information

Language

German

Type of outcome

Odborná kniha

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

3-928244-88-4

Keywords in English

fuel; gasoline; lead; leaded gasoline; methyl tertiary butyl ether; MTBE; petrol; risk; TEL; tetraethyl lead

Abstract

V originále

This book discusses the history of leaded gasoline in Swizerland while taking into account the political, legal, economic and ecological points of view. Since the turn of the millennium, leaded gasoline has been banned in Western Europe. Its elimination is recognised as one of the greatest success stories of environmental protection. However, the antiknock additive tetraethyl lead was already prohibited in most industrialised countries in the 1920s due to serious concerns about its health impact. But under the pressure of the automotive and fuel industries, the ban was soon repealed. Subsequently, the arguments for the revocation of the ban, as presented by the industry and public authorities, have been found to be largely misleading. The consequences of a chemical's use, when the long-term impacts are not considered, can be great. A cost and benefit analysis in the 1980s revealed that the costs of leaded gasoline exceeded the benefits several fold. The case study demonstrates that the path to the ban on leaded gasoline was not a clear-cut success. Unfortunately, the story seems to be repeating itself with the antiknock additive MTBE. Lessons of history are rarely used to reduce current and future risks.

Citovat

BREU, Michael, Samuel GERBER, Matthias MOSIMANN and Tomáš VYSUŠIL. Bleibenzin - eine schwere Geschichte. Die Geschichte der Benzinverbleiung aus der Sicht der Politik, des Rechts, der Wirtschaft und der Ökologie. (The Leaded Gasoline - a Heavy History. The History of the Gasoline Leading Taking into Account the Political, Legal, Economic and Ecological Points of View.). München: ökom Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-928244-88-4.

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BREU, Michael, Samuel GERBER, Matthias MOSIMANN and Tomáš VYSUŠIL. \textit{Bleibenzin - eine schwere Geschichte. Die Geschichte der Benzinverbleiung aus der Sicht der Politik, des Rechts, der Wirtschaft und der Ökologie. (The Leaded Gasoline - a Heavy History. The History of the Gasoline Leading Taking into Account the Political, Legal, Economic and Ecological Points of View.)}. München: ökom Verlag, 2002. ISBN~3-928244-88-4.

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