The chap who put lead in petrol was also an early enthusiast for the CFCs which put a hole in the ionosphere, thank you Mr Midgley Jr.
Humanity is full of mistakes like DDT and lead makeup. We continue to make these mistakes today, but it’s important to know that we progress with technology.
CFCs are no longer necessary and high octane unleaded now can be had at the pump.
Yes, it allowed a lot of progress. But society should have been able to make an informed decision about whether it was worth it.
Sounds like most disruptors, PI-based, and food companies today - Facebook algorithms, Uber's early safety/compliance/sexism issues, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if certain food related things become a big deal in a couple of decades. Stuff like hormones and meds in animals and xenohormones in packaging. Even things like synthetic food dyes have some evidence of hyper activity in children, to the point the EU is putting warning labels on some things.
When the CEOs have their families avoiding their own products, that's a damn big warning that they know. It shouldn't be a surprise.
It should matter who gets rich. People have for too long been naively (or foolishly) swallowing the elite-favored narrative that someone else's money is none of anyone's business; a dynamically imbalanced moral which may have been weakly defensible in a byegone world that was far less tightly integrated, consolidating and wealth-connected than it has become.