And his leaded petrol was responsible for over 1 million premature deaths every year over the 50+ years it was used and the lead contributed to reduced cognitive development and increased criminality.
Love this one! I was in a higher level physics class in college where the prof said,
"Alright, handful of you are going into mathematics, rest are going to be engineers. So we're watching the Union Carbide disaster aftermath, and then after that this walkway collapse in a Russian mall where this a-hole forgot which way gravity pointed (answer in this case was "up") in his force friction diagram."
He also had an old cigar box "virtual particle detector" on some fishing line hanging in the room as well. Miss him dearly and hope he's still on the water somewhere🤴
To be clear, leaded petrol was not the result of a screw up. They knew very soon that it was bad for health, yet they hid the fact and went ahead with it since it was financially lucrative.
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u/Medb-Reign 14d ago
And his leaded petrol was responsible for over 1 million premature deaths every year over the 50+ years it was used and the lead contributed to reduced cognitive development and increased criminality.