UK Underestimated Lead Pollution from Small Private Planes by 14,000 Times, Study Finds
www.bloomberg.com
Over 370,000 UK homes could be “at risk” from toxic pollution near airports which the government underestimated by 14,000 times, according to a University of Kent study.

Unpaywalled archive link: https://archive.ph/TDGsk Open Access link to the study mentioned: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/puh2.27

Posting because I saw another post on this community about Extinction Rebellion UK blocking a private jet airport today (June 2024) (https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2024/06/02/climate-activists-blockade-farnborough-private-jet-airports-three-main-gates/) and wondered how many people know that leaded fuel is still pretty common in planes, both in the UK and elsewhere; I was pretty shocked when I first learned this

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    5 months ago

    finally someone who gets it.

    I wonder if we’ll ever come to a time when we can get the vroom vroom crowd to put down their poisoning toys, something tells me our species is fucked because they’re never going to stop.

    we have an air show here in Seattle every summer where the navy burns tens of thousands of gallons to VROOM f-18s around the lake.

    I’m prior service, I’m not anti-military extremist, but do we really need to dump tens of thousands of gallons of gas into the summer (already shitty) air quality and the CO2 it becomes after combustion? for ‘patriotism’?

    Logically, no, but god forbid you take away the circuses from people, even if it’s hurting their communities.

    • CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Roughly a quarter of General Aviation traffic (which is primarily piston single-engine aircraft) is flight training, 30% is personal use, and the other 45% is commerce. I’m hoping we can increase adoption of unleaded alternatives since I don’t see most of those flights going away.