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That you cant prevent lead polution from lead smelters but you can use other alloys like tin brass or what they had other then lead.

New knowledge

Lead pollution from romes lead smelters has been traced all over Europe

The pollution of water with raw sewage was the catalyst for many typhoid and cholera outbreaks throughout the centuries,

the us is currently using the epa to clean up the us by changing the regulations for almost all polluter’s and banning hard chemicals that suck up air or are harmful to humans and earth like bromofluromethane which is halon is in the same family refrigerant 12 and almost all the bromo fluro family which is classified as a chlorine is toxic and very harmful if inhaled or comes in contact with human skin. The EPA has sewer inspectors and does yearly inspections and condemns UN fit sewage systems. I think to solve the pollution in the Tiber Rome needs to make a small epa to check and clean aqueducts trash bins and inspect sewers and put in screens to filter trash from water.

Another problem the us has is the water we drink we drop trash in rivers like the Ohio River but we solve it by filtering the water before use.

Another problem is trash disposal we put it all in a land fill but some water runs through and moves the trash with it

lastly one problem we have is waste oil toxic chemical spills we fix it by trying to prevent them from happening by inspecting shipping containers and what goes in the sewer. Artisanal mining Air pollution is a major problem in the us Smog is another big problem. Untreated sewage is a huge problem. Metal smelting like lead causes brain damage

polution and waste management crisis facts. . it was common for citizens to throw solid waste and other trash out their window and on to the street. . the tiber river was trashed with waste and silt. . aqueducts had vertical shafts to inspect and clean them but the junk they find they just put it up by the hatch thes allowing rain to carry the trash back in . the pipes distributing water to citizens usally were made out of lead! . most of romes water pipes were out of lead wich is poisinus.

Since almost all of the lead absorbed by the human body is deposited in bones, investigators have studied the bones of ancient Romans. While some studies did indicate above normal concentrations of lead, it seems unlikely that water pipes were a contributing factor . sewere of rome lead right into the tiber river. sewers stunk up the dtreet some citezens had to use a pay toilet.

Recent scientific studies on lead show that adverse health effects are occurring at lower levels of exposure to lead than previously thought. At low levels of exposure to lead, the main health effect observed the nervous system; specifically, exposure to lead may have subtle effects on the intellectual development of infants and children. Infants and toddlers are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead because they are undergoing a period of rapid development; furthermore, their growing bodies absorb lead more easily and excrete lead less efficiently than adults. In addition, infants and young children are more likely to ingest lead because of their natural habit of putting objects into their mouths. Once in the body, lead circulates in the blood and either builds up in bone or is eliminated from the body, mostly in urine. Lead can stay in the body for over 30 years following exposure

Possible solution

First I would assemble a group of people and pay them to be aqueduct inspectors and make another group that checks the sewer systems to see if they drain into the dump and not the Tiber River. Secondly I would have the aqueduct inspectors put in screens to filter trash out of the water and check for illegal connections and punish anyone who is found to have one should be arrested and put into slavery for the city. Third I would put in terra cotta pipes to replace the led pipes to reduce lead poisoning. Lastly I would put huge bins on the street to throw trash into and then when it is full slaves for the city would empty the trash into carts to take it to a landfill to dump off like how Rumpke collects trash today.

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Pollution and waste management crisis facts. . It was common for citizens to throw solid waste and other trash out their window and on to the street.

. The Tiber River is trashed with waste and silt was the opening of the sewer was depositing in to the river.

. Aqueducts had vertical shafts to inspect and clean them. But after cleaning the aqueduct they take out what they find and they just put it up by the hatch thus allowing rain to carry the trash back in

. The pipes that were distributing water to citizens were usually made out of lead!

. Most of Rome’s water pipes were out of lead which is poisonous. Illegal connections are where people living next to an aqueduct put in a big valve in the aqueduct and took water when needed. Illegal connections in the aqueducts were big problems because they would stop the flow of water which lets the water at the city sit in lead pipes and absorb lead thus causing lead poisoning killing and polluting Rome and its people.

Since almost all of the lead absorbed by the human body is deposited in bones, investigators have studied the bones of ancient Romans. While some studies did indicate above normal concentrations of lead, it seems unlikely that water pipes were a contributing factor. That doesn’t mean that that lead pipes aren’t contributing over 90 percent of lead in their bodies.

. Sewers of Rome lead right into the Tiber River.

Sewers stunk up the street

Some citizens had to use a pay toilet. They burned their trash causing air pollution Farmers over farmed land which polluted the

Recent scientific studies on lead show that adverse health effects are occurring at lower levels of exposure to lead than previously thought. At low levels of exposure to lead, the main health effect observed the nervous system; specifically, exposure to lead may have subtle effects on the intellectual development of infants and children. Infants and toddlers are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead because they are undergoing a period of rapid development; furthermore, their growing bodies absorb lead more easily and excrete lead less efficiently than adults. Once in the body, lead circulates in the blood and either builds up in bone or is eliminated from the body, mostly in urine. Lead can stay in the body for over 30 years following exposure