Re: [tied] Re: white lead

White lead is lead carbonate, PbCO3. Other common sources of poisonous
state of lead could be: litharge, galena (lead sulphide), red lead (lead
tetroxide Pb3O4), lead monosilicate - all of these were used in pottery
glazes. AK

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From: "petegray" <petegray@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Etruscan and Anatolian(Tanism/Velchans etc.)


> > the Romans had high level of
> > lead in their bodies. Cause: their use of <sapa>, a lead compound, to
> > sweeten their wine.
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> Interestingly, a lead compound was also used to sweeten cider in Somerset
in
> the 17th or 18th century. People used to go to Bath to take the "cure" -
> what in fact happened was that the prolonged soakings helped to leach the
> heavy metals out of their bodies. I think the compound was White lead, or
> lead oxide. Any chemists out there who care to improve the details?
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> Peter
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