In 1921, the United States saw the discovery of leaded gasoline that dominated our vehicles for the better part of the century, challenges to medicinal beer, and one of Holllywood's first and most depraved scandals. It was a rough year, but hey, at least the flappers were still having fun.
Listen now as the Decade Dames explore these 1921 events.
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Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal that Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/lead/health.html
https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/lead-poisoning-historical-perspective.html
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.75.4.344
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721861/
https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/epa-takes-final-step-phaseout-leaded-gasoline.html