Thomas Midgley, Jr.’s Gas Pump

Origins
Thomas Midgley, Jr. was a chemist known for creating the chemical tetraethyllead (TEL), a gasoline additive to prevent and stop ‘knocking’ in car engines. He also made some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), such as Freon, which was used in earlier air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Both have been phased out and banned today because of their extremely harmful effects on the environment. Many consider Midgley one of the worst people to single-handedly ruin the environment. TEL has also been noted to cause lead poisoning, insanity and neurological disorders from all the lead still remaining in the atmosphere. He became disabled and created a system of strings and pulleys to get him out of bed. This eventually strangled him to death.

Effects
It releases TEL gasoline, curing the knocking of any engine. But, it causes lead poisoning from either touching the gasoline on their bare skin or inhaling copious amounts of it.