Turns out your suspicions are spot on. Also, remember how the Egyptians used lead based eyeliner and cinnabar powder?
Then the Roman population was made violent and stupid because of lead sweetened wine and lead water pipes, etc.
Remember how violent inner cities were when lead was used in gasoline? Believe me, as violent as cities are now they are still better than when we had massive lead poisoning. Lead fucks up human brains and nervous systems.
And Victorian green wall paper? Dyed green with arsenic based dye. You can look up this Victorian fad and the deaths it caused.
We're so much smarter now, right? Wrong! https://makeupview.co/list-of-most-toxic-makeup-brands/
The roman thing has been debunked. The lead water lines "quickly" got a calcium lining protecting the water. How long that took, I don't know so there was certainly some exposure.
You must have hard water to get that lining so no, it's not universal. Also lead sweetener in wine.
Then, also, lead pipes were used to transport rain water. I kind of find it hard to believe that rain water can be anything but slightly acidic since it does tend to dissolve calcium carbonate in lime stone geology.
Also boiling down grape juice in lead alloy pots can't be a good thing.
Then, take into account that in Roman era the bones were loaded with lead. It got there somehow.
I don't disagree, I've just seen cut sections of the pipes with several inches of buildup inside. The pipes seem to get all the blame from most people.
And then we have plumbers in the 20th century all the way up to the 70’s sitting next to pots of liquid lead and pouring joints for cast iron waste pipe...
We had lead-based paint, lead bullets for ammunition, lead pellets, lead fishing-line sinkers, the list goes on and on...
Not buying the lead is deathly poisonous narrative, sorry...
I wear bare minerals. It's literally mineral powder. But very sheer.
That is good stuff. I don't think the rest of makeup "irreparably damages one's skin." Not directly. Most of it will clog up pores and cause acne and other stuff.
I like it a lot. Just natural and definitely doesn't look like pancake batter. I'm sure you know what I mean. So yea, if a woman wants to wear make up it should really look like she isn't wearing any but merely complimenting what she already has. IMO
Mineral powder on the skin is today mostly harmless. The huge thing about Talcum powder causing lung problems comes from silly women inhaling the dust on a daily basis. Powdered mineral inhalation should always be avoided no matter the type of mineral. I am aware some women use powdered sparkly mica as a skin decoration. I think it's a non issue.
Yes I think you are correct.
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