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The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth

Chronically catastrophic chemist Thomas Midgley accidentally poisons the world with a neurotoxin, and Clair Patterson tries to stop him.
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Dec 2007 • Read →
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It’s raining PFAS: even in Antarctica and on the Tibetan plateau rainwater is unsafe to drink https://www.su.se/english/news/it-s-raining-pfas-even-in-antarctica-and-on-the-tibetan-plateau-rainwater-is-unsafe-to-drink-1.620735?utm_source=DamnInteresting
Shared from su.se • 13 August 2022 • (see also)
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Video: The Scientist Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions [22:34]
Shared from youtube.com • 22 July 2022 • (see also)
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The World United To Fix The Ozone Hole, So Why Not Climate Change?
Shared from newsy.com • 20 April 2022 • (see also)
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Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrunk IQ Scores of Half of Americans
Shared from neurosciencenews.com • 10 March 2022 • (see also)
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Half of Americans Exposed to IQ-Lowering Levels of Lead Growing Up, Study Finds
Shared from gizmodo.com • 08 March 2022 • (see also)
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Ancient Roman Pollution: The long-lasting effects of the Lead Age
Shared from laphamsquarterly.org • 25 February 2022 • (see also)
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A Brief History Of Gasoline: Searching For The Magic Bullet
Shared from jalopnik.com • 28 January 2022 • (see also)
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One hundred years ago today leaded gasoline was unfortunately invented
Shared from damninteresting.com • 09 December 2021
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Lead Contamination Found in Blood of Half of Young Kids in U.S.
Shared from bloomberg.com • 28 September 2021 • (see also)
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