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Ancient lead pollution in a Roman harbor (2017)
- samstave 3y agoI knew immediately it was going to be lead... Imagine incestuous inbreeding coupled with lead poisoning and what morons were built with those inputs. I wonder if the fact that east asian cultures were building piping from Bamboo, and with enameled ceramics are the reason their cultures persisted much longer than imperialists with lead pipes.
- jaclaz 3y agoSame arstechnica.com, but 2021: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/did-lead-poisoning-cause-downfall-of-roman-empire-the-jury-is-still-out/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/did-lead-poisoning-c...
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