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From: lmeck@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Loren Meck)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Aluminum and Alzheimers Disease
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Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 17:44:13 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 15 17:44:13 1983
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Given the low reactivity of lead, I find it very dificult to believe that
the use of lead for cookware gave the Romans any trouble.  I was under the
impression that use of lead (and other heavy metal) salts for pigments
caused their trouble, though the long-term storage of vinegar, etc., in
lead vessels could have contributed.

Didn't the Romans also use tin?  Tin is also poisonous and much more
reactive than lead; it would be troublesome if used in cookware.