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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago

Yep!

"Water conducted through earthen pipes is more wholesome than that through lead; indeed that conveyed in lead must be injurious, because from it white lead [PbCO3, lead carbonate] is obtained, and this is said to be injurious to the human system. Hence, if what is generated from it is pernicious, there can be no doubt that itself cannot be a wholesome body. This may be verified by observing the workers in lead, who are of a pallid colour; for in casting lead, the fumes from it fixing on the different members, and daily burning them, destroy the vigour of the blood; water should therefore on no account be conducted in leaden pipes if we are desirous that it should be wholesome."

  • the Roman engineer Vitruvius, in De Architectura, written between 30 BCE-20 BCE
[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago

That's honestly just kind of sad. Knowing the problem but ignoring it for the convenience afforded. Human nature at its finest.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

In two thousand years,while we have grown immensely as a species, in some ways we really haven't changed, making this meme painstakingly appropriate.

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