TIL about Thomas Midgley and I wonder what's 'perfectly safe' today.
TIL about Thomas Midgley and I wonder what's 'perfectly safe' today.
www.cnn.com Once celebrated, an inventor’s breakthroughs are now viewed as disasters — and the world is still recovering | CNN
Though the dangers of leaded gasoline and CFCs are now well-known, their inventor, Thomas Midgley Jr. — the subject of a film under development — was once lauded as a hero. But even he couldn’t escape the impact of his creations.
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https://youtu.be/IV3dnLzthDA?si=r6TSNWNzEBqk1Hww
A pretty good video from Veritasium about Thomas Midgley.
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