Poisonings went hand in hand with the drinking water in Pompeii

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Summer 2017, Cover Stories, Daily News
Poisonings went hand in hand with the drinking water in Pompeii

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK—The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines may have been poisoned on a scale that could have led to daily problems like vomiting, diarrhoea, and liver and kidney damage. This is the finding of analyses of water pipe from Pompeii.

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/summer-2017/article/poisonings-went-hand-in-hand-with-the-drinking-water-in-pompeii