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They weren't widely aware of its dangers (I know a few wrote about the dangers) and this is whataboutism
by themitigating 4y ago
They weren't widely aware of its dangers (I know a few wrote about the dangers) and this is whataboutism
- bell-cot 4y ago"Found the facts unpalatable, and thus widely ignored them" seems a better description of the Roman situation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning#History Sounds darn similar to what modern humans are doing, eh?
- edgyquant 4y agoYou’ve just moved the goal post
- themitigating 4y agoI don't think so. Either way I made a mistake. The article is pointing out that lead use can track the Roman economy because of the levels of it use, nothing about its dangers. My general point was that most people were illiterate, proper science was almost never done, mysticism, etc and knowledge about hazards to the environment were not discussed. Therefore the decisions back then didn't consider environmental issues so it's not a good comparison to what's happening today.