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by jeffxtreme 1493 days ago
(2021)

Veritasium covers the story behind lead in gasoline in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA, it's a really interesting albeit sad video.

If I recall correctly, he mentions this study in the video.

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The same story is covered in an episode of the newer run of Cosmos; S2E7.

I thought the coverage there was better. Brief overview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yV__MkDqqo (it ends up being an ad for the show, but good summary, nevertheless).

And a far more irreverent (NSFW? but very entertaining, and moderately informational) video about the inventor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4og8wG8VQWM&list=PL96C35uN7x...