How can lead pipes be a thing in the U.S. when it's well known that it was a bad idea when Romans did it 2000 years ago?
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@hsivonen How was it known to be a bad idea then? (Also, "plumbing" from Latin/French for lead.)

Feb 8, 2016 · 6:58 PM UTC

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@davidbaron I was taught the conclusion so early in life that I don't recall if I was taught the process by which it was reached.
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@davidbaron @hsivonen There was certainly some belief that lead had ill-effects, both as piping and lining aqueducts, in 1st century AD.
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