"Homer J Simpson" wrote in message
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aspasia wrote in message
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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.)

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/...poisoning.html

Lead Poisoning and Rome


This is a better reasoned piece ...

Arfa