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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by amateurICEguy on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:17PM (#28507191)
How many years ago was this? I ask because "gasoline" isn't really a thing in chemistry. It's a mixture that will run cars. You could have drank a cup of just about anything.

A cup of octane wouldn't be the worse thing you could swallow. Given a choice, I'll drink a cup of octane before a teaspoon of TEL (OP appears to favor cooking units)

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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by stjohnswarts on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:36AM (#28521101)
Dude it was gasoline out of a truck, I was 10, not 1. Obviously gas is regulated here as to what goes in it with a little bit of variation. That said I'm not a chemist. The USA is backwards compared to Europe but not that backwards.
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