This Cautionary Tales podcast episode talks about him [0].
Both were invented in the service of DuPont. CFC at least helped making refrigeration safer and helped getting it to the masses. Leaded gasoline on the other hand was always known as a bad idea.
In both cases though, DuPont fought back hard to prevent bans of these solutions. They rather kill the planet than their profits.
Suitably enough he killed himself with another one of his inventions that used pulleys to overcome mobility issues due to his Polio infection and helped him get out of bed. I guess health and safety was really not his thing.
Both were invented in the service of DuPont. CFC at least helped making refrigeration safer and helped getting it to the masses. Leaded gasoline on the other hand was always known as a bad idea.
In both cases though, DuPont fought back hard to prevent bans of these solutions. They rather kill the planet than their profits.
Suitably enough he killed himself with another one of his inventions that used pulleys to overcome mobility issues due to his Polio infection and helped him get out of bed. I guess health and safety was really not his thing.
[0] https://timharford.com/2022/11/cautionary-tales-the-inventor...