> The health risks of leaded gasoline were also obvious to many, and ethanol was known as a safe alternative anti-knock additive in the 1920s. FTA: "Midgley sp

> The health risks of leaded gasoline were also obvious to many, and ethanol was known as a safe alternative anti-knock additive in the 1920s. FTA: "Midgley spent months plagued by the effects of lead poisoning. GM's ethyl plant in New Jersey, meanwhile, was forced to close after several workers went mad and some died. The press renamed ethyl "looney gas". " And yet it continued to be used for decades. A lesson, I guess, in the power of wealthy industries to be allowed to do whatever damage they want. Also FTA: ". It was Midgley who invented chlorofluorocarbons - CFCs..." One guy gave us CFCs and lead additives to petrol? Thanks. Thanks a bunch.