ACSH friend, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, who is the director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society
(Separating Sense from Nonsense) does it again. This time he gives us an entertaining, humorous, and very informative video about lead and what the hell "leaded coffee" is.
Some factoids:
- Vincent Van Gogh used a lead salt in his famous Sunflowers painting. He licked his brush while painting. Is this why he went bonkers?
- Lead was used in gasoline to prevent engine knock, but before this melted butter was tried.
- Lead was removed from gasoline in the 1970s but it was not because of toxicity.
Joe's videos are five-minute gems. They are made for both scientists and everyone else. Spend five minutes and learn about leaded coffee and plenty else. It will be time well spent.
Highly recommended.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-videos/right-chemistry-leaded-coffee
Josh Bloom
Dr. Jonathan (Josh) Bloom, ACSH's Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania. During his 20-plus years in drug discovery at Wyeth, his research group discovered the antibiotic Tygacil®, approved in 2005. He holds 25 issued patents and has authored 35 academic papers. Since joining ACSH in 2010, he has written more than 2,000 articles and dozens of op-eds for major newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune.
