Acute tetraethyllead poisoning

Global Sustainable Development Report 2023

“…By 1969, the first clinical studies were published which proved the toxicity of TEL in humans. 753 Commercial production of the alternative fuel additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) to replace TEL/lead as octane enhancer in gasoline started in Europe in 1973 and in the United States in 1979. 754 By 1970, the annual incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic lead poisoning in the U.S. was as high as 250,000 cases.…”

Global Sustainable Development Report 2016

“…By 1969, the first clinical studies were published which proved the toxicity of TEL in humans. 753 Commercial production of the alternative fuel additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) to replace TEL/lead as octane enhancer in gasoline started in Europe in 1973 and in the United States in 1979. 754 By 1970, the annual incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic lead poisoning in the U.S. was as high as 250,000 cases.…”