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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by askvictor on Saturday May 27, 2017 @07:17PM (#14432389)
Interestingly, the guy (Thomas Midgley) who thought to add lead to petrol is the same guy who thought of using CFCs for refrigerants.
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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by DougN7 on Sunday May 28, 2017 @04:14PM (#14435901)
Wow, what a tragic guy:

"J. R. McNeill, an environmental historian, opined that Midgley "had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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