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Ancient Roman lead water pipes (1st century). Grosvenor Museums, Chester, UK. Wikimedia Public Domain, Wolfgang Sauber Lead provided ancient Romans with an ideal material for plumbing (hence the Latin word for lead, plumbum). Asbestos radically improved fire safety. They also destroyed neurons and lungs, respectively. Our ambitions for better lives inevitably generate consequences, intended and …