LEAD POISONING IN THE ANCIENT WORLDLead was one of the seven metals of antiquity.Its discovery dates back to at least 3500 B.C. and lead artefacts have been discovered widespread throughout the ancient world.Lead does not occur in an elemental state in nature although its sulphide ore galena (PbS) is common.It is probable that galena was first used in antiquity for making into ornaments or for use as an eye paint."The discovery of metallic lead may well have 391
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