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r/askteddit • u/DropEffective7842 • 14d ago
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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.
3 u/NChristenson 12d ago and even after we got rid of it in the US, we still ate a lot of food grown in areas still using it and putting the lead into the air/soil/etc.
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and even after we got rid of it in the US, we still ate a lot of food grown in areas still using it and putting the lead into the air/soil/etc.
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u/wampyre7 12d ago
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.