#leadedgasoline — Public Fediverse posts

I doubt other countries were much better off. All to avoid using a cheap commonly available chemical to avoid engine knock. I've posted an article on it before, I'll try to remember to find it again. Of course I'll probably forget, leaded gas y'know.

#leadedgasoline #leadexposure #lead #neurotoxicity #capitalism

Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank IQ Scores of Half of Americans | Duke Today
https://today.duke.edu/2022/03/lead-exposure-last-century-shrunk-iq-scores-half-americans#:~:text=The%20researchers%20calculated%20that%20at,than%20seven%20IQ%20points%20on

@photodarren I had heard of this guy. I forgot he was the inventor of two of the worst (in a long list) inventions in the history of humans. Arguably though, it was capitalist organizations who are responsible for the damage. If they had stuck with his first discovery, regardless of the lack of profit, a great deal of death and suffering could have been avoided.

#Freon #LeadedGasoline #LeadPoisoning #CFC #OzoneLayer #EnvironmentalDisasters #capitalism