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Genuine question: why might it be toxic?
by cnity 5y ago
Genuine question: why might it be toxic?
- nigerian1981 5y agoPossibly lead toxicity. In ancient Rome, for example, a common method to sweeten wine was by adding a syrup created from boiling grape juice in leaded vessels which when heated, spread toxins into the liquid.
- lostlogin 5y agoI think the tasty addition was lead acetate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate
- aetherspawn 5y agoI kind of assumed the paint in the vessel or whatever (they probably didn't know about toxicity) would seep into the wine over such a long period of time.
- cnity 5y agoI hadn't thought about the container!