TiL the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway
link :
TheConversation.Com
... and there was a very interesting episode on NPR radio about a great man in this story :
Clair Cameron Patterson
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Cameron_Patterson
He Triumphs against corporations' greed in the end 👍.
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Bayer also sold medicine that carried a high risk of transmitting AIDS to Asia and Latin America when outlawed in the USA in the 80s. Why in all fuck their corporate charter wasn't permanently suspended and the company sold off is BEYOND me.
Many people are (...)* by big profits.
(*) I can't find the right word.
"fucked".
Yes, fitting word, but not the best since it has a double meaning (sexual).
Corrupted.
Works both ways too.
As in power corrupts as does cancer.
This is exactly the right word, unfortunately, we see it use too often in this context : "Many people are corrupted by big profits". ... and because we got habituated, it's not striking anymore as it should.