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

"...cited as a reason for limiting the use of leaded gas, health issues associated with TEL ­exposure weren’t what finally caused its removal after 52 years; it was tailpipe emissions. The use of catalytic converters became necessary to meet stricter emissions regulations outlined in the Clean Air Act of 1970, and leaded gasoline proved damaging to these devices."

It's still being sold!

#leadedgasoline #capitalism

How Leaded Gas Came to Be and Why We Don’t Miss It https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a20970380/how-leaded-gas-came-to-be-and-why-we-dont-miss-it/

"...mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for people born between 1966 and 1986, according to the study. Of that group, the greatest lead-linked mental illness burden was for Generation Xers..."

The issues didn't have to happen. It's just that tetraethyllead could be patented, and safer additives like ethanol couldn't.

#capitalism #leadedgasoline #mentalhealth #GenX

Lead in gasoline tied to millions of excess mental health disorders: study https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-tied-millions-excess-mental-health-disorders-study-rcna182881?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Funfact: I once found a #German #Gardening magazinge from the 1970s that suggested we'd be using #radioactive materials for fertilizing crops...

• Literally the headline was "Radioactive Gardening"

I guess people back then smoked too much and had too much #leadedGasoline fumes in their envoirment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVrQ&t=573s

Seriously, I hate #JavaScript and think that it's a mistake compareable to #LeadedGasoline, #Cannabis #Criminalization (or any #Prohibition / #VictimlessCrime there is!) and replacing #Taiwan with the "P.R." #China in the #UN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXOChLn5ZdQ