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Ancient remains send warning message on current lead exposure in humans

• the-dude 5y ago
  FTA: even those not remotely involved in lead production— simply by breathing the air around them. I don't know if this is from the research, but it seems quite a stretch to me. How about those not involved in production got exposed by using objects which contained lead?
  • dTal 5y ago
    The lead doesn't stay there, I guess: FTA: lead can be found throughout everyone’s daily lives in the form of batteries and the new generation of solar panels that deteriorate over time and release their toxicity into the air and the soil from which crops are grown Really though, the exact nature of the link is secondary to the research. What it shows is that historically, lead production was closely correlated with lead exposure across the entire population, for whatever reason. That this correlation holds so well across cultures indicates that it's not one single mechanism that drives it, such as Roman lead piping, but more a general tendency for whatever lead there is around to migrate into our bodies somehow.
    • the-dude 5y ago
      > people who lived during those time periods This is what the article claims in the first paragraph. How such a claim is secondary is beyond me.
      • dTal 5y ago
        What's "secondary" is precisely how the lead migrates. The study shows simply that it does so, reliably.