One business strategy, named the Kehoe Rule, was successfully applied to preserve the self-interests of these two U. S. companies. Consequently, the public's health has been kept at risk for the Kehoe Rule remains a viable business strategy today. More importantly, our expanding world economy magnifies the issues concerning public health.

As the automotive industry developed in the early 1900s several events took place creating "leaded gasoline". Initially alcohol was the fuel of choice. It was known to produce high engine compression (power) with the benefits of being a renewable resource, non-toxic, and emitting no smoke or disagreeable od

I believe the responsibility to its shareholders has also been neglected. In April 2001 Grace filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 claiming this action was taken due to the costs of lawsuits involving products other than Monokote.(4)(16) Profit that could be used to develop new products and grow the company is instead being diverted to fight off these lawsuits. Wall Street also reacts to the uncertainty of these unending liabilities by reducing stock and bond values.(9) The lead industry through diversification has been more effective in re-channeling its interests and protecting its shareholders.

In the case of tetraethyl lead it was not until 1965 that "the scientific world finally had proof that industrial man had raised his lead burden 100 times and levels of atmospheric lead 1,000 times."(7) This information along with further evidence successfully demonstrated the health hazard posed by the product and ultimately lead to the phase out of leaded-gasoline in the United States beginning in the 1970s.

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With this in mind the company was able to convince the EPA to set asbestos limits at 1%, just above the amounts Grace needed to use in Monokote.(1) To Grace this contamination was insignificant as the new product contained less than 1% asbestos, compared with 12% in its old product.(6) By implementing the lead industry's Kehoe Rule when the safety of Monokote was questioned, Grace was able to continue its production and sale as an asbestos-free product. Any evidence brought against their product's safety was discredited and its own damaging research data was hidden from public exposure.

Lead eliminated the "knock" in the internal-combustion engine and tremolite eliminated the problems in Monokote. While the health hazards associated with exposure to high levels of lead and asbestos were acknowledged by their industries and known to the consumer, the effect of pervasive low level exposure to these elements remained was debatable. It was this debate, using the Kehoe Rule, that legally allowed the continued production and consumption of these products and knowingly kept the public's health at risk.

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