tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post8106918808975524434..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Arsenic and Old LaceLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-48430017257981028772017-02-02T16:44:53.055-05:002017-02-02T16:44:53.055-05:00Thank you Eve. Long story short, thankfully that i...Thank you Eve. Long story short, thankfully that is not a concern. We replaced all the pipes in the house with copper in 2005, then in 2009 we had to replace the line from the house to the street, also with copper. It was expensive, but now we have water like Niagara Falls.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35746545519141570662017-02-02T15:50:45.341-05:002017-02-02T15:50:45.341-05:00Interesting, informative article. Thanks for all t...Interesting, informative article. Thanks for all the research.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54728991164758847022017-02-02T14:37:47.239-05:002017-02-02T14:37:47.239-05:00R.T., I hadn't thought about the tomato-acid-l...R.T., I hadn't thought about the tomato-acid-lead connection, but that might be why people were afraid of tomatoes then.<br />B.K., Victorian mourning was long, long, long - at least a year in full for widows, and many wore crepe for life! (however long that was)<br />Elizabeth - you might want to check into it. I know that in London, a lot of houses still have lead pipe, at least from the street into the house! Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-79483056769881834352017-02-02T12:11:55.041-05:002017-02-02T12:11:55.041-05:00A very interesting article, Eve. It makes me wonde...A very interesting article, Eve. It makes me wonder a bit about the green wallpaper & possible lead paint in my house, which was built in 1900. The Victorian era was just about over by then, but they could have kept using old building materials until they used them up.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39588483161674815552017-02-02T10:55:40.896-05:002017-02-02T10:55:40.896-05:00Thanks, Eve. I'd heard a few of these facts du...Thanks, Eve. I'd heard a few of these facts during The Poison Lady's annual presentations at Malice Domestic, but many are new to me. The information about widow's garb is especially fascinating. It could almost be seen as a gradual, unintentional form of Sati (or maybe that's just my twisted mind).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-26071734038821506102017-02-02T10:47:21.770-05:002017-02-02T10:47:21.770-05:00Eve, great article.
As for the tomatoes, with the...Eve, great article.<br /><br />As for the tomatoes, with the upper class eating meals off pewter plates (made of tin, copper and lead), I've been told that the acid in the tomatoes could absorb some of the lead in the pewter plates. A person would probably have to consume a lot of tomatoes to get much lead this way, but then from your article it appears there were lots of bad chemicals around to ingest anyway. Tomato acid-lead may have been enough to put total amount over the top.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66911207389004647152017-02-02T09:02:04.795-05:002017-02-02T09:02:04.795-05:00A gold mine for writers of historical homicides.
...A gold mine for writers of historical homicides.<br /><br />I never knew arsenic was used to fix colors, but I do remember as late as the 1950's never mind the 1850's how careless painters were with white lead. Must say it is absolutely wonderful to work with in oil painting!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38710599168695313802017-02-02T08:56:55.569-05:002017-02-02T08:56:55.569-05:00Paul and Steve, thanks.
Dale, yes, tomatoes were c...Paul and Steve, thanks.<br />Dale, yes, tomatoes were considered poisonous for years. What a great way to get a potential poisoner caught! <br />Yeah, the more I read about the Victorians, the more I realize it's amazing they lived as long as they did... I think their prolific breeding is the only reason the human race is still here!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70372238728963195182017-02-02T08:49:05.309-05:002017-02-02T08:49:05.309-05:00Neat information!
Way back (I think pre-1960) EQM...Neat information!<br /><br />Way back (I think pre-1960) EQMM published a story called "The Murder of George Washington". The premise was that Washington's cook tried to assassinate him by serving a dish prepared with tomatoes, thought to be poisonous by some at that time. Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-33011764108628640152017-02-02T08:48:06.069-05:002017-02-02T08:48:06.069-05:00Amazing, Eve.
Terrific research, too.
I knew the...Amazing, Eve.<br /><br />Terrific research, too.<br /><br />I knew there was arsenic in wallpaper, but some of your other revelations are astounding. It's amazing anyone survived long enough to carry on the human race, isn't it?<br /><br />You're certainly right about the opportunities for murder, a crime writer's paradise.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this.Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28281787568124919282017-02-02T02:37:50.171-05:002017-02-02T02:37:50.171-05:00Fascinating stuff, Eve! And a lot of food for thou...Fascinating stuff, Eve! And a lot of food for thought, no pun intended, for murder and mystery stories. But my question is, did the food taste better with all that stuff in it? ;)Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com