Not quite, it was known to be a bad idea at the time, and there were alternatives available. So...why? Because market control, patents, and the usual cast of id

Not quite, it was known to be a bad idea at the time, and there were alternatives available. So...why? Because market control, patents, and the usual cast of idiots having nothing to do with "doing the right thing": https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leaded-gas-poison-invented-180961368/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leaded-gas-poison-...