Roman Emperors were know to store their wine in lead amphoras to sweeten
the wine. The lead would leach into the wine, and produce lead acetate.
Some folk believe that the mental toll produced by imbibing copious amount
of the leaded wine partially explain why rome fell... Ed.
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