[colechristensen]

I'd like to see a risk comparison to measure the effects of living near an airport with heavy avgas users in units of tuna-sandwich-equivalents per month.

Yes exposure isn't zero and effects from that exposure aren't zero, but let's get a good idea of how big the effect size is, because it really seems like some people have an out-of-proportion idea of what the risk actually is.

I'm much more concerned about the heavy metal exposure from nearby coal plants than I am by general aviation fuel.

[MaxBarraclough]

It's detectable, [0] but it's not the top cause of lead poisoning. That honour goes to lead-based paints. [1]

[0] https://news.sccgov.org/news-release/study-commissioned-coun...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning#Paint

[sfblah]

I agree with this methodology. People should use a different sort function for their outrage. It's like how people fail to compare the number of cancers caused by radioactive release from coal plants vs nuclear plants. The latter seems like it would be more of a problem, but actually the former is far far worse.