About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 6,000 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Mon Jan 14 2013: from London Independent: Made in Britain: The toxic tetraethyl lead used in fuel sold to world's poorest http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1358187551 A British company convicted of bribing foreign officials to maintain sales of a poisonous lead fuel additive is continuing to sell the chemical abroad to unstable countries, despite mounting evidence that it is responsible for long- term damage to human health and may be linked to violent crime. [Read more stories about: contamination, capitalist greed, health impacts, poverty] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Jim says: In America, we call that trickle-down. NEXT> More stories: New water lows for Great Lakes could drain local economies Emissions limits could cut climate damage by two-thirds: study (Made in Britain: The toxic tetraethyl lead used in fuel sold to world's poorest) On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing's Air Quality Tops 'Crazy Bad' at 755 Wading Bird Nesting in Key U.S. Area Plummets 39 Percent Below 10-Year Average Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com