Unleaded Petrol

RSbra123@aol.com
Mon, 26 Aug 1996 22:36:54 -0400

>The argument whether coir is eco-friendly or not seems to have interesting
>parallels with unleaded petrol, where most experts are now having serious
>second thoughts about whether they backed the right horse.

I've never heard of any second thoughts here in the US. What I do hear is
more and
more lead *fears*: Old paint, foreign dinnerware, old water pipes, old and
new water
faucets, and lately, imported vinyl "mini-blinds".

Lead ingestion has been proven to cause developmental retardation in
children.
It's removal from gasoline in Calif. has resulted in reduced lead levels in
children's
blood.

I'm just wondering what "serious second thoughts" "most experts" in the UK
are having.

Ron Sbragia