EPA's Tampering and Fuel Switching Programs
CED-79-47
Published: Mar 01, 1979. Publicly Released: Mar 01, 1979.
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Efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were reviewed to determine the effectiveness of the program to decrease tampering with automobile emission control devices and fuel switching. The practice of using leaded gasoline in vehicles equipped with catalytic converters and designed for unleaded gasoline, if widespread, will substantially increase pollutant emissions.
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