How Does Lead Get in the Air? Sources of lead emissions vary from one area to another. At the national level, major sources of lead in the air are ore and metals processing and piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded aviation fuel. Other sources are waste incinerators, utilities, and lead-acid battery manufacturers.
In Australia the pharmacy cost price for a single epipen is over one hundred dollars add on their profit etc and the recommended retail price is $135.00 for a single pen. Our health insurance covers only $20.00.
The price of the device has been steadily increasedâby 32 percent in the past year aloneâbut not because the cost of the raw materials was increasing (a typical dose of epinephrine still costs about a dollar). The profit margin of the EpiPen was 9 percent in 2008. Today itâs 55 percent.