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So why? Article doesn't answer the question.
by deepsun 5y ago
So why? Article doesn't answer the question.
- forkerenok 5y agoMaybe it's more prosaic than what you expected (I did), but it's there: > Haworth's drinking water, they believe, came from springs which were contaminated by rainwater that had soaked through the church graveyard - which was close to the parsonage where the Brontes lived. Long-term exposure to the bacterial infections this caused could have weakened the constitutions of the siblings and those of their neighbours, whose average lifespan was only around 26.
- JohnJamesRambo 5y agoGood Lord.
- meepmorp 5y agoAlso, tuberculosis.
- QuesnayJr 5y agoBecause their water source was contaminated by rainwater that ran through a graveyard. I don't know if that's a plausible claim, but that's the claim.
- mobilefriendly 5y agoSeems possible. https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/13/2/285/28303/Impact-of-cemeteries-on-groundwater-contamination https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/13/2/285/28303/Impact-of-...
- kalia35 5y agoYes it does! It’s because their water was polluted by the close proximity of the graveyard.