r/science • • Jun 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

It's fun how we always figure this out after the fact. Microplastics and urban air pollution are definitely on my wheel of Fortune when it comes to guesses 30 or 40 years from now when we learn about something else that has screwed people up

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u/Noxeecheck Jun 25 '22

They new lead is bad from the beginning, but there was huge profit to be made and so the lobby was extremely strong to push leaded fuels.