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| | Gasoline - WOI Encyclopedia Italia |
 | | However, with the recognition of the environmental damage caused by the lead, and the incompatibility of lead with catalytic converters, this practice began to wane in the 1980s. |
 | | Effective January 1, 1996, the Clean Air Act banned the sale of the small amount of leaded fuel that was still available in some parts of the country for use in on-road vehicles. |
 | | (Fuel containing lead may continue to be sold for off-road uses, including aircraft, racing cars, farm equipment, and marine engines.) The ban on leaded gasoline was presumed to lower levels of lead in people's bloodstream and to thousands of tons of lead being removed from the air. |
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