amnhnyc: In the past, people could be poisoned from seemingly innocuous products. Lead was in sweete

amnhnyc:In the past, people could be poisoned from seemingly innocuous products. Lead was in sweetened wine, cosmetics, hair dye—and paint.The famous Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828) suffered a mysterious illness with symptoms including partial paralysis, mood changes and blindness. Some researchers think lead poisoning was the cause, perhaps brought on by ingesting toxic dust when preparing his lead-based paints or by wetting his brushes with his tongue. Pictured is the painting “Saturn devouring one of his sons” by Goya, 1821-23, via Wikimedia. Learn more in the exhibition The Power of Poison, closing August 10! -- source link
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