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oct 24, 1924 - Leaded Gasoline Factory Deaths

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Five refinery workers die “violently insane” at Standard Oil (Exxon) refinery making tetraethyl lead gasoline additive in grossly unsafe conditions. News surfaces that seven other workers died previously at G.M. and DuPont plants.

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oct 24, 1924
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~ 101 years ago