Spank your child and create a criminal

[Brandy Blue]

Pfeiffer is a known junk scientist who hates violent computer games because he wasn't spanked enough as a kid.
I got spanked as a kid and I am a horrible person today.

:) lol

[a completely inoffensive name]

You know this thread got me thinking about the lead pipes that the Romans would use and part of me is now skeptical since I presume that Roman plumbing, like all modern plumbing builds up intense fouling that blocks the lead from leaching into the water.

However, they did add lead compounds specifically to sweeten wine, so perhaps the issue of lead poisoning was still prevalent, but we just need to rethink the vector.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

You know this thread got me thinking about the lead pipes that the Romans would use and part of me is now skeptical since I presume that Roman plumbing, like all modern plumbing builds up intense fouling that blocks the lead from leaching into the water.

However, they did add lead compounds specifically to sweeten wine, so perhaps the issue of lead poisoning was still prevalent, but we just need to rethink the vector.

Fair point. Common wine add-in along with resin etc.

Lead was also a common as an element in pewter and in pottery glazes. Both (at least once the glaze wears or cracks) leach lead into the food or beverage. Romans used it almost interchangeably with Tin. In fact, latin distinguishes the two only by the addition of an adjective.

Romans did know that at least some lead compounds were poisonous.

Interesting reading.