Exhibit 202 ยท Institutional history
The Rise and Fall of Lead in the Workplace
In the 1920's, the other major use of lead in the U.S. captured national attention when the production of TEL gasoline led to 15 worker fatalities, with many more succumbing to psychotic episodes due to lead exposure.
Recounts early tetraethyl-lead worker deaths and industry-sponsored research downplaying danger.
- Source
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- Date
- 25 October 2021
- Quoted from
- Section "Leaded Gasoline: Poisonous Fuel", first paragraph
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bulletin/2021/lead.html
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit