考察毒物的历史,你会发现它伴随着人类社会的发展,处处透着人心与世情。铅中毒与古罗马的衰落铅是人类最早使用的金属之一。铅能极易从地面提取,被誉为最软的重金属,易被制成各种器具。人们曾为其着迷疯狂,也被潜滋暗长的毒性“暗算”。罗马人“创新性”地把铅作为食品添加剂。他们发现,使用铅内衬的铜壶煮葡萄酒,不但避免了铜散发的怪味,还有一种特殊的甜味。在无糖时代,这种醋酸铅的甜味备受罗马人推崇。曾有人重复过古罗马的煮酒方式,发现铅浓度竟高达800毫克/升,这意味着罗马人摄取的铅严重超标,比美国环保署颁布的应用水含铅标准高16000倍。铅在罗马人体内渐渐蓄积,开始有人出现绞痛、便秘、麻痹和面色苍白。1965年,吉尔费伦在《铅中毒与罗马的陨落》一文中写道:“公元60年之后的100 Investigate the history of poison, you will find it along with the development of human society, everywhere reveals the human heart and the world. Lead poisoning and the decline of ancient Rome Lead is one of the earliest human use of metals. Lead can be easily extracted from the ground, known as the softest heavy metal, easily made into a variety of appliances. People have crazy for its fascination, but also by the latent darkness of the long-term toxicity ”plot “. The Romans ”use lead as a food additive“. They found that using a lead-lined copper kettle to make wine not only avoids the smell of copper, but also has a special sweetness. In the sugar-free era, the sweet taste of lead acetate has been respected by the Romans. Some people have repeated ancient Roman cooking wine, and found that lead concentrations as high as 800 mg / L, which means that the Roman intake of lead exceeded seriously, than the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a standard 16,000 times higher water standards. Lead gradually accumulated in the Roman body, some people began colic, constipation, paralysis and pale. In 1965, Jilfellon wrote in his article ”Lead poisoning and the Fall of Rome:" 100 years after AD 60