The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
6 人推荐 · 跨 6 个月 · 2022–2026
中文导读
Veritasium 制作的科普长片，回顾了发明含铅汽油与氟利昂（CFCs）的工程师 Thomas Midgley Jr. 充满灾难性争议的一生，深入拆解了铅暴露毒性、臭氧层空洞背后的机理，以及科学家如何利用同位素地球化学揭露历史真相。
为什么 HN 推它
每逢 HN 讨论铅污染、有毒化工品或企业逐利代价时的必推视频，兼具扎实的科学严谨性与扣人心弦的历史叙事。
「Veritasium 这期讲得太棒了，把整场灾难的前因后果还原得一清二楚。」HN 网友原话：here's an excellent one by Veritasium on how it happened.
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Veritasium tells the story of Thomas Midgley Jr., who introduced leaded gasoline and CFCs, and covers the science behind lead exposure and ozone damage. It also touches on isotope geochemistry used to uncover the history.
HN commenters recommend it whenever leaded fuel, toxic chemicals or corporate profit motives come up, praising its storytelling and accessible science.
HN 上的提及
Veritasium has a great YouTube video about this
Cited on leaded fuel and profit motives.
even chemicals or elements we know are toxic for hundreds of years get pushed into the public and cause huge harm
Cited regarding lead's omission from IQ decline discussion.
it's a really interesting albeit sad video