posts_gdocs: 15A_-CBK20q0Qp6FMR2Gxv1__RATGGcHxvOz1sPyh6eg

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15A_-CBK20q0Qp6FMR2Gxv1__RATGGcHxvOz1sPyh6eg every-country-has-now-banned-the-use-of-leaded-gasoline-in-cars data-insight 
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                    "text": "The world started adding lead to gasoline in the 1920s. It improved vehicle efficiency and engine performance. However, lead has proven to be a toxic pollutant, particularly for children. Using it in gasoline pollutes the air in cities worldwide, ",
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                    "text": "It took a long time for countries to start taking action. In 1986, Japan became the first country to ban leaded gasoline in cars completely. You can see this on the first map of the timelapse: at the time, leaded gasoline was still in use everywhere else. Since then, bans have been rolled out across the world.",
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                    "text": " from being used in road vehicles in every country. It is a big win for the health of people around the world.",
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    "title": "Every country has now banned the use of leaded gasoline in cars",
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 1 2024-03-11 11:43:02 2024-07-15 05:00:00 2024-03-21 09:07:18 unlisted ALBJ4Ludj8VR7_sa70jIaKq1ZyJwiyhu30CRFVjLQUswdGxHwiBAHOUhoahxVD2CZnoI3joazaeiRtz8axd2nA   <Video url="https://assets.ourworldindata.org/videos/lead-petrol-ban-video-landscape.mp4" filename="lead-petrol-ban-video-landscape-cover.png" caption="Timelapse of the phase-out of leaded gasoline from 1986 to 2021" shouldLoop="true"/> The world started adding lead to gasoline in the 1920s. It improved the efficiency of vehicles and the performance of the engine. However, lead has proven to be a toxic pollutant, particularly for children. Using it in gasoline was polluting the air in cities across the world, with [large impacts on human health](https://ourworldindata.org/lead-pollution). It took a long time for countries to start taking action. In 1986, Japan became the first country to completely ban leaded gasoline in cars. You can see this on the first map of the timelapse: at the time, leaded gasoline was still in use everywhere else. Since then, bans have been rolled out across the world. Three and a half decades later, in 2021, Algeria became [the last country](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/lead-petrol-ban?time=latest) to ban it. Leaded gasoline [is now banned](https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/era-leaded-petrol-over-eliminating-major-threat-human-and-planetary) in road vehicles in every country. A big win for the health of people around the world. [Read more](https://ourworldindata.org/leaded-gasoline-phase-out) → Every country has now banned the use of leaded gasoline in cars

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