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Title: Toxicological and performance aspects of oxygenated motor vehicle fuels

Abstract

At the request of the Environmental Protection Agency, the committee reviewed a draft of a federal report that assesses the effects of oxygenated fuels on public health, air quality, fuel economy, engine performance, and water quality. The committee determined that much of the federal report adequately represents what is known about the effects of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) -- the most commonly used additive in the federal oxygenated-fuels program -- on health, the environment, and motor vehicles. MTBE, a chemical added to gasoline to reduce carbon monoxide pollution, appears not to pose a substantial human health risk, but more-definitive data are needed to assess short-term health effects and to determine whether this additive is effective in reducing carbon monoxide pollution in cold environments.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States). Commission on Life Sciences
OSTI Identifier:
432729
Report Number(s):
PB-97-124390/XAB
CNN: Contract EPA-68D50054; ISBN 0-309-05545-8; TRN: 70211494
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Library of Congress catalog card No. 96-69352; PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; BUTYL ETHER; TOXICITY; MIXTURES; METHYL ETHER; ETHANOL FUELS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT

Citation Formats

. Toxicological and performance aspects of oxygenated motor vehicle fuels. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
. Toxicological and performance aspects of oxygenated motor vehicle fuels. United States.
. 1996. "Toxicological and performance aspects of oxygenated motor vehicle fuels". United States.
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