New Video - Callous Indifference: Propellor Planes Drop 467 Tons of Lead into Our Breathable Air Every Year and Get Away with It

"This program exposes nothing short of the poisoning of the American public by the aviation industry and reveals how they plan to continue indefinitely."

November 8, 2023

Oregon Aviation Watch urges readers to watch this highly informative, 31 minute YouTube video created by Gary Keller and Mike Seeber.

As stated at the outset, "This presentation will provide evidence that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the petroleum industry and aviation business interests have prolonged the use of lead aviation fuel for 50 years despite available alternatives. We respectfully ask that lawmakers use this issue as an opportunity to take a closer more thorough look at the FAA in hopes of steering the agency towards practices that better serve the general public."

"In the US, hundreds of millions of gallons of highly toxic tetraethyl lead-formulated gasoline are consumed annually by piston-engine powered propeller airplanes releasing more than one million pounds of airborne lead into our environment each year on average.

Four million people reside and about six hundred K - 12th grade schools are located 'in the lead zone' within 500 meters of propeller airports. These adults and children end up breathing toxic airborne lead every day.

Toxic pollution by airplanes disproportionately harms people of color and lower income as they most often reside in the lead zones near propeller airports."