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Speaking of historical data: leaded plumbing is linked to the decline of the Roman Empire.

• shabble 12y ago
  Are there reliable sources on that? Also, using Lead Acetate[1] as an artificial sweetener probably didn't help matters. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%28II%29_acetate#Sweetener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%28II%29_acetate#Sweetener
  • gretful 12y ago
    Here's a good place to get started: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/win... although this argues that lead in plumbing was NOT a major source of poisoning.
• aliakbarkhan 12y ago
  [citation needed]
• Panoramix 12y ago
  This is debunked here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cosmos_neil_degrassetyson_said_some_historians/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cos...