Its inventor was sure of it. Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The impacts of exposure to leaded gasoline and the effectiveness of the public health policy to phase out Tetraethyl lead (TEL) are examined in a new study that suggests ...

information on lead hazards to wildlife published in scientific literature and the press 1920s – Oil companies began adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline 1922 – League of Nations bans interior lead ...