LEAD TETRAETHYL
USE IN MOTOR SPIRIT QUESTION OF PUBLIC DANGER. (British Official News.) Press Association—By Wireless—Copyright. RUGBY, March I. (Received March 2, at noon.) In the House of Lords last night Lord Buckmaster urged that a committee to advise as to the public danger that may arise from the use of lead tetraethyl in motor spirit he set up. He cited the opinions ol eminent scientists that tetraethyl was a highly dangerous poison, and demanded that the sale of spirit containing it, which owing to its greater compression than ordinary petrol, was in some favor for use in motor cars, should be more closely directed. For the Government, the Marquess of Salisbury said that the risk of the use of this spirit and the dangers attending the blending process were recognised. So far, however, there was no case of lead poisoning in England in consequence of the blending. Research of a careful character was necessary, and the Government would appoint an intcr-dcpartmental committee, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Home Office, and the Medical Research Council.
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Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 5
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179LEAD TETRAETHYL Evening Star, Issue 19805, 2 March 1928, Page 5
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