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Leaded gasoline timeline, environmental history
How leaded fuel was sold for 100 years, despite knowing its health risks
Was? You can still buy leaded gasoline at any airport today
Ever so slowly being phased out in the US https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-declares-lead-emissions-small-piston-engine-aircraft-pose-public-health-2023-10-18/
Let us not forget the man behind the miracle. He went on to invent so much more than that, too!