Daddy! What did you do?!!!

schrieb:

(...) there is a theory that the Roman empire fell due to lead
poisoning from the use of lead pipes. Looks like it may be happening
in the USA as well!

you might have a point here. ;-)

btw:
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=13455

Dean


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On Aug 29, 10:40 am, Martin Hotze wrote:
Blueskies schrieb:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_beer_run_arrests
Wow! Absolute lunacy...

and check out those terrorists:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaroneous/43674591/

scary!

google has several thousand of hits re this club:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22drinking+club+with+a+running+proble...

#m
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Lead poisoning causes severe brain impairment. There must be high
levels of lead in the water in the Northeast. First the Boston police
freaked out over a bunch of cartoon lite-brites, and now the CT police
charge someone from sprinkling flour on the ground to mark a running
route... there is a theory that the Roman empire fell due to lead
poisoning from the use of lead pipes. Looks like it may be happening
in the USA as well!


I heard a tangent on this theory, that it wasn't the lead in the pipes so
much as the artificial sweetener they used, lead acetate. The Romans
developed a real sweet tooth, and sugar was a fairly rare commodity so they
turned to artificial sweetener. Given the obesity problem in the USA,
history may well be repeating itself.

"Ken Finney" wrote

I heard a tangent on this theory, that it wasn't the lead in the pipes so
much as the artificial sweetener they used, lead acetate. The Romans
developed a real sweet tooth, and sugar was a fairly rare commodity so
they turned to artificial sweetener. Given the obesity problem in the
USA, history may well!be repeating itself.

Also, the fact that the higher society women used makeup to make their faces
appear white, like they never had to go outside in the sun; a sign of wealth
and status.

The primary ingredient? White lead.

It would be a miracle if they had any fertility, at all.
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Jim in NC