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HeliusDragon t1_jedr34s wrote
Romans kept their wine in lead pots, when any of the alcohol oxidised into acetic acid, it would react with the lead forming lead acetate, which would make the wine less sour and more sweet due to vinegar forming sweetener
RElNHARDT t1_jebrjar wrote
for thousands, or four thousand
TheCloudFestival t1_jebwt1x wrote
lol! 'For'. Edited. Many thanks đ
DirtyMoneyJesus t1_jec1hpt wrote
That explains why weâre all so fucked up lmao
DavoTB t1_jebpbgc wrote
Late 60âs TV in the US ran public service commercials regularly about kids eating lead paint. One of the most memorable featured a soulful tune with the lyrics:
ââŚ.Paint chips peelinâ from the ceilingâŚand my babyâs deadâŚ
âŚEatinâ paint and plaster, I went and called the doctorâŚ
âConvulsions, lead poisoninâ⌠the ghetto malariaâŚWhy, Lord, why?â
Captain__Spiff t1_jedfwox wrote
>the ghetto malariaâŚ
Why, Lord, why?
goltz20707 t1_jec6vr8 wrote
The PSA I remember (NYC, late 1960s) had an ER doctor trying to talk to a Latina woman, asking whether her child had eaten any paint chips. I can only assume they felt the Latinx community was most at risk.
DavoTB t1_jec7h85 wrote
That would be interesting to viewâŚwonder if it is online?
goltz20707 t1_jec8pcl wrote
Couldnât find it on YouTube, though I found a few others.
My wife remembers one (Pittsburgh) with a small Black child in a dirty room, next to a filthy window. Another at-risk group, I assume.
DavoTB t1_jecbh55 wrote
This commercial featured that as well. I cannot find an example of it online either.
Captain__Spiff t1_jeds8hv wrote
Here's one with black children right at the beginning
DavoTB t1_jegcmmf wrote
That one is new to me. Still searching through some old PSA messagesâŚ
QuiGonGingerAle t1_jebhq8u wrote
Squirrels eat the lead flashing around chimneys for the same reason.
RedSonGamble t1_jec5wzv wrote
I have lead flashing around my chimney if you catch my drift
QuiGonGingerAle t1_jec79oa wrote
I have stucco around my backdoor if you catch mine.
Eisernteufel t1_jecndsm wrote
True, I bought a house recently built in 1938 and fixed a door, including scraping all the old paint off and repainting. Kept licking my lips and wondering why it was sweet if I just drank black coffee all day. Then I realized isn't lead paint sweet and put a mask on and vacuumed real well.
JoshuaACNewman t1_jebsesk wrote
You might know me from previous safety films such as Lead: Delicious, but deadly!
BamberGasgroin t1_jec1oyi wrote
And increasing violence and crime rates in the 20th century are associated with lead in fuel (the Lead-Crime Hypothesis) and Thomas Midgely Jr. being regarded as possibly the worst person who ever existed in regard to the Environment.
TheLimeyCanuck t1_jed57k5 wrote
Midgely not only invented Ethyl, he also developed CFC refrigerants.
BamberGasgroin t1_jeda51s wrote
Hence him being regarded as a one man natural disaster, but he did at least have the good grace to strangle himself with another of his inventions.
SuperSprocket t1_jeedhhd wrote
What made him such a bastard is that he knew of the negative effects but did nothing for his own gain. No loss.
xDulmitx t1_jecn3zs wrote
If you are ever removing paint from an old house and your lips taste sweet... yeah that's probably lead. DON'T keep removing the paint.
It really does taste pretty good. Sweet, but not saccharine sweet.
micatrontx t1_jecngzl wrote
You mean wall candy?
steepleton t1_jebkq7q wrote
So i grew up in a house with lead pipes.. the water was delicious
SpreadingRumors t1_jecqrts wrote
The sweetness of lead is also partly why the Romans refused to / delayed the transition from lead lining the Aqueducts, baths, pipework, etc.
TheLimeyCanuck t1_jed4xje wrote
The Romans literally used lead as an additive to improve the taste of cheap wine.
Parcc_Narc t1_jecv04u wrote
Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly
Captain__Spiff t1_jebioz4 wrote
I confirm, I did that partly because of the taste.
lornstar7 t1_jeblrym wrote
Well that and the cellular turnover rate is much higher in children so you will see larger effects faster for certain symptoms.
Transmatrix t1_jecez83 wrote
Charlie: âYeah, thatâs the good paintâ
The-Crawling-Chaos t1_jed7jxa wrote
Itâs not just because it is sweet, but children are more sensitive to lead poisoning than adults due to their bodies more readily absorbing lead.
GoGaslightYerself t1_jee10mo wrote
Also (I believe) because kids' brains and CNS are developing as they grow ... heavy metals like lead and mercury are especially bad for neuronal tissue, which is why they're so dangerous for kids and pregnant women.
Nazamroth t1_jedg6oy wrote
Yep. The first artificial sweetener, used to enhance wine.
Mat_CYSTM t1_jebme1y wrote
Nashville nachos.
_captainSpaceCadet t1_jebw1zi wrote
Also because it's usually only children that are dumb enough to eat paint.
bananabreadstick t1_jec10tr wrote
Have you been to a Walmart lately? There has to be at least half of those people whoâd do the same given the opportunity
PhilReotardos t1_jeedzap wrote
"Doctors say eating lead paint chips is bad for me? Fuck them, they can't tell me what to do."
_captainSpaceCadet t1_jec27e8 wrote
That's what the 'usually' is for. You may have a point though, it may be doing some heavy lifting.
bkconn t1_jecw7v2 wrote
FiftyTigers t1_jedjiak wrote
"These taste like paint."
"Yeah those are paint, pal."
"These are? They're delicious."
NOVAbuddy t1_jebwryr wrote
Still are!
btribble t1_jedgwr8 wrote
I used to love the sweet smell of leaded gas exhaust.
TheCloudFestival t1_jebj2nt wrote
For thousands of years people used lead acetate as artificial sweetener, particularly before the import of sugar crops such as cane and beets to Europe and Western Asia. It was known as 'Sugar of Lead'.