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If you have ever visited the ruins of Pompeii, you might have seen all the lead pipes that provided water to the city. I wonder how that affected the health of
by torcete 1y ago
If you have ever visited the ruins of Pompeii, you might have seen all the lead pipes that provided water to the city. I wonder how that affected the health of the citizens back then.
- arthurbrown 1y agoMy understanding is that the high calcium content in their water supply formed a lining on the inside of the pipes which largely prevented any exposure.
- decimalenough 1y agoThey doubled down on the exposure by adding lead to wine though. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6750289/#:~:text=The%20custom%20of%20sweetening%20and,%2C%20moreover%2C%20an%20agreeable%20flavour. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6750289/#:~:text=The%20custo...
- IAmBroom 1y agoA bit of a reverse tax, that. The poor didn't drink adultered wine; they drank aqueduct water.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoYeah, the water problems in Flint weren't the pipes directly, but that the water had changed so the lead was no longer protected from getting in the water.
- koliber 1y agoLess than the volcano.
- IAmBroom 1y agoThat's cherry picking. Most days the volcano didn't bother anyone...