# Limits to technological collapse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 12, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539 "2025-06-12T19:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 87
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539/87 "2025-06-18T04:02:16Z")
To avoid hijacking I responded in a new thread… > [@Is there any evidence the Romans knew lead was bad for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-the-romans-knew-lead-was-bad-for-you/1019789): > > Avoiding hijacking another thread on this. It was suggested on [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539/63) that the ancient Romans may have known about the.long term dangers of ingesting lead. Specifically @TriPolar said: I’m pretty skeptical of this. I’ve never heard of any contemporary Roman source that implies the Romans knew of the long term dangers of lead exposure. The idea of lead poisoning leading being a contributor to the collapse of the Roman empire came millennia later. It’s possible they knew you had to be car… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-to-technological-collapse/1019539)._