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The US banned leaded gasoline (at a federal level, states had banned it since the 1920s) in 1996. Austria was the first European country to ban leaded gas, and they did it in 1993. The first country world wide to ban leaded gas was Japan and they did it in 1986.
And the EU didn't ban leaded gas as a whole until 2000
I am aware. I am an elder millennial and I remember gas pumps in the 90s with leaded and unleaded gasoline. I also remember the PSAs against it.
And its still not entirely banned in the US, AVGAS for small planes is a "low" lead fuel that still contains a decent amount of lead.
Avgas is the last hold out for that, yes. But piston powered airplanes are becoming rarer and rarer.
Yeah but 100LL is also still legal (and required) in Europe. My comment is specifically talking about automotive gas
And more specifically, I was refuting the very clear anti-american sentiment in the comment above mine. Because leaded fuel was not a "uniquely American problem"