Fuel Additives: Canada bans MMT

Sissell, K

Title: Fuel Additives: Canada bans MMT

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The Canadian Senate voted late last week to ban use of the manganese-based fuel additive MMT, produced only in the US by Ethyl. MMT, which has been sold in Canada for the past 20 years and accounts for about half of Ethyl`s Canadian sales, has been criticized by environmentalists, who have raised public health concerns, and automakers, who say it harms emission control systems. {open_quotes}Canada`s vote is a great victory for public health and the environment,{close_quotes} says Environmental Defense Fund executive director Fred Krupp. {open_quotes}The US should move swiftly to follow suit and suspend sales of MMT until adequate toxicity testing on the additive is completed.{close_quotes} EPA had refused to approve MMT for sale because of health concerns but was compelled to do so by a December 1995 court ruling. Ethyl asserts the ban violates Canada`s obligations under Nafta and says it will file a damage claim with the Nafta arbitration panel.

Authors:: Sissell, K

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI Identifier:: 549228

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Chemical Week

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 159; Journal Issue: 15; Other Information: PBD: 16 Apr 1997

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CANADA; SALES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DAMAGE; EFFICIENCY; FUEL ADDITIVES; TESTING; TOXICITY; STANDARDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; EVALUATION; AUTOMOBILES; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; MANGANESE; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; MOBILE POLLUTANT SOURCES; US EPA

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  abstractNote = {The Canadian Senate voted late last week to ban use of the manganese-based fuel additive MMT, produced only in the US by Ethyl. MMT, which has been sold in Canada for the past 20 years and accounts for about half of Ethyl`s Canadian sales, has been criticized by environmentalists, who have raised public health concerns, and automakers, who say it harms emission control systems. {open_quotes}Canada`s vote is a great victory for public health and the environment,{close_quotes} says Environmental Defense Fund executive director Fred Krupp. {open_quotes}The US should move swiftly to follow suit and suspend sales of MMT until adequate toxicity testing on the additive is completed.{close_quotes} EPA had refused to approve MMT for sale because of health concerns but was compelled to do so by a December 1995 court ruling. Ethyl asserts the ban violates Canada`s obligations under Nafta and says it will file a damage claim with the Nafta arbitration panel.},

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