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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by vmarquet on Sunday May 28, 2017 @05:43AM (#14433705)
Little known fact: lead might be one of the reasons of the decline of the Roman Empire, because they used it inside the pipes carrying water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning#History
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Re:Storing Drinking-Water in Copper Pots Kills Contaminating... by tossaway1 on Sunday May 28, 2017 @11:35AM (#14434760)
I would have thought that was a well known fact. It's brought up virtually every time lead toxicity comes up...
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