His whole wiki reads like a horror story. So many people died of lead poisoning at DuPont where they were developing it. > Midgley participated in a press conf

His whole wiki reads like a horror story. So many people died of lead poisoning at DuPont where they were developing it. > Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL, in which he poured TEL over his hands, placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose, and inhaled its vapor for 60 seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems.