On October 30, 1924, Midgley participated in a press conference to demonstrate the apparent safety of TEL, in which he poured TEL over his hands, placed a bottle of the chemical under his nose, and inhaled its vapor for 60 seconds, declaring that he could do this every day without succumbing to any problems.[7][13] However, the State of New Jersey ordered the Bayway plant to be closed a few days later, and Jersey Standard was forbidden to manufacture TEL again without state permission. Production was restarted in 1926 after intervention by the federal government.
Midgley later took a leave of absence from work after being diagnosed with lead poisoning.
I'd very much like for you to be right, and you probably know better than me on this subject, but I also have an instinctive distrust of the whole "I'll eat/drink a little to show you it's safe" routine.
I mean tbf most people before (midgley, Obama )WERE fucking lying or got sick themselves. which is why this is a dumbass stunt that doesn't actually build trust.
Midgley's legacy is the negative environmental impact of leaded gasoline and freon.[28] Environmental historian J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history",[29] and Bill Bryson remarked that Midgley possessed "an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny".[30] Fred Pearce, writing for New Scientist, described Midgley as a "one-man environmental disaster".[26]
Worked great for this guy:
CW: Ghoul
The difference here being the fish is probably actually no worse than any other fish.
I'd very much like for you to be right, and you probably know better than me on this subject, but I also have an instinctive distrust of the whole "I'll eat/drink a little to show you it's safe" routine.
I mean tbf most people before (midgley, Obama )WERE fucking lying or got sick themselves. which is why this is a dumbass stunt that doesn't actually build trust.
Knew he sounded familiar.. "strangled to death by a device he devised to allow him to get out of bed unassisted." loool
LOL damn