Today’s clip is from the 1948 US Bureau of Mines film, the Story - TopicsExpress



          

Today’s clip is from the 1948 US Bureau of Mines film, the Story of Gasoline. More than seventy-five years ago, some of Americas leading corporations--General Motors, Du Pont and Standard Oil of New Jersey (known nowadays as Exxon) got together and put lead, a known poison, into gasoline, for profit. Historical records show that industrial leaders and scientist were aware of the health risks in the early 1920s. A public health controversy ensued with efforts to ban the use of lead in gasoline, however the industry prevailed. Ironically, this public health fight was forgotten by the 1980s, and nearly identical arguments were replayed in public, scientific and governmental arenas. However, this time lead, the industry lost the fight. The lead controversy is a good example of Santayana¹s famous aphorism: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:04:29 +0000

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