Yes, Romans had bad lead poisoning, but not very much from the pipes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/02/17/lead-poisoning-and-the-fall-of-rome/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a87236da1099

On 9/27/18, Nigel Burtt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kurt Vonnegut - "Timequake" (1997)
>
> "You think the ancient Romans were smart? Look at how dumb their numbers
> were. One theory of why they declined and fell is that their plumbing was
> lead. The root of our word plumbing is plumbum, the Latin word for lead.
> Lead poisoning makes people stupid and lazy.
>
> What's your excuse?"
>


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