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Ancient lead pollution in a Roman harbor (2017) (arstechnica.com)
3 points by dabluecaboose on May 10, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



I knew immediately it was going to be lead...

Imagine incestuous inbreeding coupled with lead poisoning and what morons were built with those inputs.

I wonder if the fact that east asian cultures were building piping from Bamboo, and with enameled ceramics are the reason their cultures persisted much longer than imperialists with lead pipes.





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