The wine — a deadly 16th century illness reveals the hidden danger of lead poisoning

Update: 2019-01-15

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An entire German city is dying of a mysterious illness, and the royal physician is sent to a nearby monastery to find out what the cause is, and how to stop it. This is only the beginning of a story spanning millennia, in which excruciating and unnecessary deaths are linked by one common factor — greed.

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The wine — a deadly 16th century illness reveals the hidden danger of lead poisoning

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The wine — a deadly 16th century illness reveals the hidden danger of lead poisoning

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The wine — a deadly 16th century illness reveals the hidden danger of lead poisoning