American inventor Thomas Midgley died by strangulation in 1944 by a machine he invented to help him move around after he contracted polio. He invented three other products, which have all been found to be environmentally harmful: lead in petrol; chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in fridges and aerosols and the insecticide DDT.
American inventor Thomas Midgley died by strangulation in 1944 by a machine he invented to help him move around after he contracted polio. He invented three other products, which have all been found to be environmentally harmful: lead in petrol; chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in fridges and aerosols and the insecticide DDT.
Whitaker's World of Facts, Russell Ash
Midgley mystery
American inventor Thomas Midgley died by strangulation in 1944 by a machine he invented to help him move around after he contracted polio. He invented three other products, which have all been found to be environmentally harmful: lead in petrol; chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in fridges and aerosols and the insecticide DDT.
American inventor Thomas Midgley died by strangulation in 1944 by a machine he invented to help him move around after he contracted polio. He invented three other products, which have all been found to be environmentally harmful: lead in petrol; chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in fridges and aerosols and the insecticide DDT.
Whitaker's World of Facts, Russell Ash
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