Event

First sale of ethyl gasoline, 1923

Gasoline treated with tetraethyl lead went on sale in Dayton.

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Tetraethyl lead the additive sold Primary record 1
Thomas Midgley Jr. by The Nation’s account, left work for lung trouble in January 1923 Scholarship & press 2

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The Use of Tetraethyl Lead Gasoline in Its Relation to Public Health (Public Health Bulletin No. 163), U.S. Public Health Service, Treasury Department, 1926. Primary record
Ethyl gasoline was first placed on sale February 1, 1923, and its sale was voluntarily discontinued May 5, 1925, about 300,000,000 gallons of ethyl gasoline being distributed during this period.
The Secret History of Lead (Jamie Lincoln Kitman, The Nation, March 2000), The Nation, 20 Mar 2000. Scholarship & press
I find that my lungs have been affected and that it is necessary to drop all work and get a large supply of fresh air.
Proceedings of a Conference to Determine Whether or Not There Is a Public Health Question in the Manufacture, Distribution, or Use of Tetraethyl Lead Gasoline (Public Health Bulletin No. 158), U.S. Public Health Service, Treasury Department, 1925. Primary record
It was marketed commercially flrst on February 1, 1923, at Dayton, Ohio

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