• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    For thousands of years it wasn’t aerosolized. It isn’t even debated anymore. It’s a known and accepted fact that it has made people dumber.

    • Cybermonk_Taiji@r.nf
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      6 months ago

      Nothing new under the sun

      “One study speculates that Roman wine contained as much as 20 milligrams of lead per liter. Over time, the researchers said it would cause a “decrease in fertility and increase in psychosis among the Roman aristocracy….” Lead was also suspected to have been used in Egyptian winemaking vessels.”

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, it was simply added directly to the food as a sweetener. No biggie…