To: NormsRevenge
Didn't the government make them use MTBE.
4 posted on
06/15/2005 9:41:25 PM PDT by
JeffersonRepublic.com
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To: JeffersonRepublic.com
Yup.
And the people who were making the lead additive that was used before we went to MTBE proposed a beryllium compound instead of MTBE, but the government said "No, you only want to preserve your monopoly, we're going to give the nod to MTBE despite the fact that the health effects are unknown."
8 posted on
06/15/2005 9:45:53 PM PDT by
Spktyr
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To: JeffersonRepublic.com
...."Didn't the government make them use MTBE?"......
That's my understanding also. At the very least, the gubmint approved it.
21 posted on
06/15/2005 11:06:14 PM PDT by
chuckles
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