&gt; The fossil-fuel industry fought long and hard to sow doubt that ambient lead levels in the atmosphere were increasing due to the burning of leaded gasoline. Losing on that point, they then attempted to prove that low levels of lead are not harmful to humans; this has since been shown to be wildly inaccurate.<p>The oil industry didn&#x27;t give a shit about whether or not TEL was put in gasoline.  It was the auto companies who put it in there in the first place, and the auto and chemical companies who fought its removal.<p>&gt; It blows my fucking mind that people accuse scientists of being untrustworthy due to having a financial interest in proving global warming to be true; this is in spite of the fact that the fossil-fuel industry has already been caught putting out junk science that justified poisoning humans to protect their profit.<p>It blows my mind that people judge scientific work based on its funding source over its content and merits.  Not saying its irrelevant, but good science is good science and bad science is bad science, regardless of who paid for it.