Mercurochrome
May 11, 2022 10:23:47 #
Effate wrote:
Yeah but back then you could leave your baloney and cheese with mayo or tuna fish sandwiches in the sun in your lunch sack at school and it didn’t harm you. You could safely ride in the car standing in the front with your face on the dashboard. It was safe for your parents to smoke even in the car with kids in it. Everything was less harmful.
I spent 6 weeks in the hospital in 1970. I had to give up smoking.
It wasn't because the hospital didn't allow smoking. It was because I smoked a pipe and since I was in traction for 6 weeks (broken hip) the hot ashes kept dropping on my chest. It was an effective way to give up smoking, but I don't recommend it.
May 17, 2022 16:48:25 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
Who's the "we" as in "we got the br... (show quote)
At the time the SCIENCE thought it was OK.
May 18, 2022 08:54:39 #
Paladin48 wrote:
At the time the SCIENCE thought it was OK.
Well, the people selling it thought it was okay. Other sellers thought putting lead into gasoline was just fine. Smoking was good for you.
May 18, 2022 09:25:53 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Well, the people selling it thought it was okay. Other sellers thought putting lead into gasoline was just fine. Smoking was good for you.
Lead in the gasoline served a dual purpose. It prevented knocking and helped to lubricate the valves. Older cars need a lead substitute to keep the valves healthy. And last I heard, small aircraft still use leaded gas because of the number of really old aircraft engines in service. I used to have a gasoline tractor from the '40s or early '50s. I had to buy fuel for it at the local airport.
May 18, 2022 09:27:27 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Lead in the gasoline served a dual purpose. It prevented knocking and helped to lubricate the valves. Older cars need a lead substitute to keep the valves healthy. And last I heard, small aircraft still use leaded gas because of the number of really old aircraft engines in service. I used to have a gasoline tractor from the '40s or early '50s. I had to buy fuel for it at the local airport.
Correct. Benefits for engines, but not so much for people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA&t=171s
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