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TIL that Ancient Romans added lead syrup to wine to improve color, flavor, and to prevent fermentation. The average Roman aristocrat consumed up to 250μg of lead daily. Some Roman texts implicate c... (www.sciencedirect.com)
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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Implicate what?

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Probably implicate correlation between consumption of those syrups* cooked in lead pots with the disease that we know today as Saturnism or lead poisoning. Like, the Romans themselves already noticed that lead cookware wasn't exactly healthy.

* callled defrutum, caroenum or sapa depending on concentration. Rather tasty, even without the lead; just cook some young wine to 1/3 of its original volume. I often use it over desserts.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

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