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I can only wish that more people realized that we didn’t have to start with something so destructive before we could “get better eventually”.

• jvanderbot 5y ago
  Implying we would know about all possible destructiveness at time of invention.
  • bbreier 5y ago
    Isn't the article's primary claim exactly that?
    • magila 5y ago
      Sort of. As the saying goes: the dose makes the poison. The article itself presents a quote stating that the low level of lead exposure caused by TEL in gasoline was thought to be safe at the time.
  • matheusmoreira 5y ago
    They knew. They chose to do it anyway because it was the better deal for them. Couldn't care less about the people they harmed. In my country, this is called criminal imprudence. If this isn't a crime in the US, it should be.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • 3grdlurker 5y ago
    I think that that’s just an excuse, considering how we didn’t stop when we finally knew.