Lead was added to organic gasoline compounds to increase the fuel's resistance to pre-ignition from the 1920s through its banning in 1996. Lead exposure reached its peak in the 1960s. Scientists ...

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

An editorial earlier this summer (“Don’t let children near Colorado’s airports suffer the same fate as kids in Flint, Mich.” July 11, 2023) focused on an important issue, but grossly oversimplified ...

Engine knock, wherein fuel ignites unevenly along the cylinder wall resulting in damaging percussive shockwaves, is an issue that automakers have struggled to mitigate since the days of the Model T.

Leaded gasoline's century-long reign of destruction is over. The final holdout, Algeria, used up the last of its stockpile of leaded gasoline in July. That's according to the U.N. Environment ...

Have pings got you down? Has driving your car become a pain in the gas? Are your exhaust valves being "lead" astray? Well, as promised in last month's "Living With Unleaded," article, have we got some ...

Depending on your view of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this fact can either be fun or "fun," with the hardest air quotes your fingers can muster. EPA regulation of the aviation ...

George Koren loves the Pembroke Pines home he has lived in for 48 years, just across the fence from North Perry Airport. Magenta flowers bloom next to his pool. When the weather is bad, it’s pleasant ...