<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/721b5e8d-716d-45c4-a954-da2107e1dd0e/6939B571-77D6-4CD3-BB2E-1D3C0E29F8C7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/" href="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/" style="font-size: 11px;">listverse.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><P>This list takes a look at some important and well intentioned inventions that eventually ended up causing catastrophe through environmental damage or loss of life. All of the inventors were honest scientists who were trying to improve the world, but unfortunately ended up doing quite the opposite. This list is in no particular order.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>10</SPAN> <DIV>Zyklon B</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/AFBF66EB-1120-495F-AF33-D2995A1F787A" alt="Background" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><P>Fritz Haber was a Nobel Prize winning Jewish scientist who created cheap nitrogen fertilizer and also made chemical weapons for the German side in World War I. It was his creation of an insecticide mainly used as a fumigant in grain stores that was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.2 million people. His Zyklon B became the preferred method of execution in gas chambers during the Holocaust.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>9</SPAN> <DIV>Agent Orange</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/2300A035-5211-4DB3-948B-371BFB521996" alt="Picture 1-110" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>8</SPAN> <DIV>Gatling Gun</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/BF5A22B0-F38B-4D4C-BBB9-441FE648F482" alt="Gat1865" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>7</SPAN> <DIV>TNT</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/5D078DF8-61EC-479B-BE27-E4DB4EF71327" alt="Tnt" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>6</SPAN> <DIV>Leaded Petrol</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/639247AA-D8C9-4127-9431-3E41067C5F77" alt="Picture 2-70" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>5</SPAN> <DIV>Sarin Gas</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/268D31DE-71AD-46F0-B06F-22B9780665A5" alt="Sarin Gas Attack Cleanup" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>4</SPAN> <DIV>Nuclear Fusion</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/468947ED-65BE-49B4-86AC-287FBD1C27BC" alt="Nuclear Fusion In Star.Img Assist Custom.Jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>3</SPAN> <DIV>Rockets</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/213CB66B-CBA8-48AF-A7CC-DED3C3AEE097" alt="V2German" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>2</SPAN> <DIV>Concentration Camps</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/6DB82518-7F9F-44FB-8AC0-99B9A0E317AD" alt="Nazi Concentration Camp5.Gif" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><DIV><SPAN>1</SPAN> <DIV>Ecstasy</DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/6FB32AEC-BC78-4393-BE76-49FBDF75DDE4" alt="Ecstasy " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/2009/07/19/10-useful-inventions-that-went-bad/">Anton Köllisch developed 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine as a by-product of research for a drug to combat abnormal bleeding. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6939B571-77D6-4CD3-BB2E-1D3C0E29F8C7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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