That's right. Plus I don't think the people back then were aware of the danger of lead poisoning. In fact, when I lived in northern Germany in the early 80s, a lot of the plumbing was still with lead pipes.. wondering, as I'm typing this, if this English word has anything to do with the Latin word plumbum..
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I'm pretty sure it does! In fact the chemical symbol for lead, Pb, stands for Plumbium too.
That's exactly what I meant... Plumbium = lead -> lead pipes -> plumbing 😁