@cardinalecars: When was lead removed from gas? . Thomas Midgley Jr. was first to add lead into gasoline because it helped engines run smoothly. . However, Thomas Midgley has gone down in history for poisoning people around the world with lead and depleting the ozone layer. . It was not until Claire Cameron Patterson came along and discovered that many children had abnormal amounts of lead in their blood. . After much research, Patterson came to the conclusion that the lead in our gasoline was poisoning everyone on a daily basis. . Claire Patterson first publicized this issue in 1965 and it took another 30 years of hard fought effort against corporate lobbyists and gas companies before lead was banned from all gas stations in the United States with the exception of race cars and other high powered automobiles that are not street legal. #u#unleadedu#unleadedgasd#didyouknowthis?g#givethanksc#crazyhistoryl#leadpoisoningg#gaspowered

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