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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by thatguy0900 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @12:04PM (#28502321)
Roman's also knew asbestos was bad. It was well documented that sending a slave to work in asbestos mines meant they would get lung sickness, and some slaves tried using masks made of pig bladder when mining.
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Re:Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016) by kubanczyk on Sunday September 12, 2021 @04:37PM (#28504663)
Citation needed. Seems that the few available Roman primary sources do not support it: Rachel Maines "Asbestos and Fire" pp. 27-28 https://books.google.com/books?id=5r2jEGLvxP4C&pg=PA28

AFAIK work in any Roman mine was considered a death sentence in the long run.

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