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UN hails end of poisonous leaded gas use in cars worldwide

by Frank Jordans
| August 30, 2021 10:15 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Leaded gasoline has finally reached the end of the road, the U.N. environment office said Monday, after the last country in the world halted the sale of the highly toxic fuel.

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