# Limits to technological collapse?

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**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539 "2025-06-12T19:10:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539/63 "2025-06-17T03:55:53Z")

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> [@griffin1977](#):
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> > [@TriPolar](#):
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> > . There may have been some reason to think it was known and forgotten before the Romans found out the hard way, or decided they didn’t care as you suggest
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> I’m pretty skeptical of this. I’ve never heard of any contemporary Roman source that implies the Romans knew of the dangers of lead exposure. The idea of lead poisoning leading being a contributor to the collapse of the Roman empire came millennia later.
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> Still total side track. Happy to start new thread on subject

[Some sources disagree.](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/wine/leadpoisoning.html)

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