BamberGasgroin

BamberGasgroin t1_jeda51s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:20 AM

Reply to comment by TheLimeyCanuck in TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd

Hence him being regarded as a one man natural disaster, but he did at least have the good grace to strangle himself with another of his inventions.

BamberGasgroin t1_jec1oyi wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:31 PM

Reply to TIL children were most prone to lead poisoning because lead chips and toys with lead dust tasted "sweet". by WhatA_Nerd

And increasing violence and crime rates in the 20th century are associated with lead in fuel (the Lead-Crime Hypothesis) and Thomas Midgely Jr. being regarded as possibly the worst person who ever existed in regard to the Environment.