Leaded Gasoline Argumentative Essay

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation bought control of Octel, the world's biggest maker of lead additives for gasoline. However, the intent of the purchase was not the lead additive, known as Tetraethyl Lead (TEL), since leaded gasoline was banned in Japan and was almost phased out in the United States and Western Europe. Leaded gasoline was known for deterring the process in vehicles that reduced pollutants in car exhaust and because of the potential for causing brain damage in children.
Great Lakes interest in Octel was a chemical called bromine that was used to make the lead additives. This chemical was used by Great Lakes to produce several other products and in efforts to obtain the bromine, Great Lakes decided to risk taking on the ethical