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Re:How Devastating was the Black Death? by mirimir on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:50AM (#14810276)
Maybe so. But maybe the recycling argument doesn't apply so much for lead as for iron.
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Re:How Devastating was the Black Death? by lostlogin on Thursday July 20, 2017 @02:55AM (#14810511)
It applies more so for things I've dealt with. Iron rusts while lead doesn't. Flashings and windows etc that use lead last a very long time, iron doesn't.
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Re:How Devastating was the Black Death? by ajross on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:52AM (#14812978)
The contention in the linked article was that atmospheric lead was the result of metal smelting. They're measuring the mining industry as a whole, not lead production.
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Re:How Devastating was the Black Death? by mirimir on Saturday July 22, 2017 @07:17PM (#14829969)
Whatever they say, they're measuring production of lead and other metals that occur with it. Silver, copper and zinc would be the main ones, I think. Not iron, however.
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