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I'm curious how leaded fuel effected children born in the Roman empire, as they were born before 1990 and had not discovered leaded fuel gasoline yet (or combus
by funnyflamigo 5y ago
I'm curious how leaded fuel effected children born in the Roman empire, as they were born before 1990 and had not discovered leaded fuel gasoline yet (or combustion engines).
- bserge 5y agoThey used lead for everything but fuel :D
- whoomp12342 5y agoprimary reason the roman empire fell..
- firebaze 5y agoRomans used lead obviously not as fuel, but they did use it, for example for the lining of aqueducts: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wi...
- mywittyname 5y agoWhite paint made using lead dates back to at least 2500 years in Greece.
- f00zz 5y agoSome time ago there was a link to an article here on HN about lead poisoning in ancient Rome. It mentioned how they used to boil grape juice (to concentrate its natural sugars) in lead containers. Edit: doh, should have clicked on your link. That was the article.
- mrtranscendence 5y agoWow, I went to dictionary.com and looked up "pedantic", and all it contained was a link back to this comment.