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Manipulating Science, Manipulating Us | Milbank Memorial Fund

How Big Oil Covered Up Lead Poisoning for Decades A landmark 1980s study exposed how General Motors and the oil industry knowingly added toxic tetraethyl lead to gasoline despite understanding its neurotoxic effects. The research published in the American Journal of Public Health revealed the deliberate suppression of safety concerns during the automobile boom of the 1920s. This historical investigation demonstrates systematic scientific manipulation to protect corporate profits.