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I 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

I 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 ago
Same 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...