aspasia wrote:

Tell that to the Romans, whose much-lauded plumbing systems-- a marvel
of the ancient world -- were made with lead pipes, which many
historians have indicted as one of the reasons for the Decline and
Fall (crazy emperors, etc.)

Aspasia


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_acetate


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida