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>Course, then there are cases like the leaded gasoline that should be considered one of the greatest crimes of all time. And the man who was responsible for th

>Course, then there are cases like the leaded gasoline that should be considered one of the greatest crimes of all time. And the man who was responsible for this was also responsible for CFCs. "He had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley,_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley,_Jr.

nvusuvu 11y ago
On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL. In this demonstration, he poured TEL over his hands, then placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems whatsoever.[5][8] However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant to be closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden to manufacture TEL there again without state permission. Midgley would later have to take leave of absence from work after being diagnosed with lead poisoning.
mhurron 11y ago
http://www.cracked.com/article_16079_the-10-craziest-scientific-experiments-ever-conducted.html http://www.cracked.com/article_16079_the-10-craziest-scienti... I believe no truer words have been spoken than the opening of the section on Midgley in that article - "Thomas Midgley Jr. Tried Really Hard to Destroy the World" The man was the template for a Mad Scientist and the closest thing to a super villain there has been. It's a bit of poetic justice he died as a result of one of his own contraptions. There is an episode of American Experience that has a part on the introduction of leaded gasoline that covers it better than the Cracked article, it's just not as funny. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/

nvusuvu 11y ago

On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL. In this demonstration, he poured TEL over his hands, then placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose and inhaled its vapor for sixty seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems whatsoever.[5][8] However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant to be closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden to manufacture TEL there again without state permission. Midgley would later have to take leave of absence from work after being diagnosed with lead poisoning.

mhurron 11y ago

http://www.cracked.com/article_16079_the-10-craziest-scientific-experiments-ever-conducted.html http://www.cracked.com/article_16079_the-10-craziest-scienti... I believe no truer words have been spoken than the opening of the section on Midgley in that article - "Thomas Midgley Jr. Tried Really Hard to Destroy the World" The man was the template for a Mad Scientist and the closest thing to a super villain there has been. It's a bit of poetic justice he died as a result of one of his own contraptions. There is an episode of American Experience that has a part on the introduction of leaded gasoline that covers it better than the Cracked article, it's just not as funny. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/