Yumm - delicious lead poisoning! There's evidence that the educated were aware of lead being poisonous back then, but the chances are that most of the populati

Yumm - delicious lead poisoning! There's evidence that the educated were aware of lead being poisonous back then, but the chances are that most of the population wouldn't have known. Reading some more, it seems like the lead pipes probably weren't a big problem as calcium carbonate would form over most of the lead surface and as the water was flowing, it wouldn't pick up too much lead. The lead containers though would be more of a problem.