• grrgyle
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    0
    ·
    7 months ago
    edit-2
    7 months ago
    link
    fedilink

    [] House of Butterflies—a building for tetraethyl lead synthesis—so named because its workers were known for brushing hallucinated insects from their bodies.

    Absolutely chilling. The rest of the article is good too. A great example of how championing for positive change, though difficult and frustrating, can have huge huge positive effects. So glad to have heroes like Needleman in the world.

    • Wahots
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      0
      ·
      7 months ago
      edit-2
      7 months ago
      link
      fedilink

      Really scary and sad for workers who were so badly poisoned. Glad we phased it out.