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   From: jygffv568@jogrtyhf456v.com   
      
   "Day Brown"  wrote in message   
   news:4a702508$0$19579$ec3e2dad@news.usenetmonster.com...   
   > 5trfg6h7 wrote:   
   > > And as a result, we know the effects of both   
   > > arsenic and lead on human health. In fact, even   
   > > the Romans knew that using lead in the water   
   > > system had bad effects on human health.   
      
   > Recent work challenges that. Says the lead oxides, in a flowing   
   > aquifer didnt produce enuf to have an effect. The problem was 'garum', a   
   > fish sauce that sat on every upscale Roman table like Ketchup. It was   
   > sold, and kept, in a lead bottle. That was the source of the lead found   
   > in aristocratic skeletons. The common people, who drank the same water,   
   > but didnt have garum, didnt have the problem.   
      
   Ok, but my original point was that ill effects from items   
   of longterm human use have a tendency to show up in   
   ancient literature. No such ill effects are known about hemp   
   or cannabis.   
      
   Example. From "JSTOR: Mining and Metallurgy in the Greek and Roman World",   
      
   " Vitruvius knew about lead poisoning among lead miners. "   
      
   There is no equivalent description of the ill effects of cannabis   
   from ancient literature.   
      
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