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[[Pous Clemens II|Pous Clement II]] het in oktober 1047. 'n Toksikologiese ondersoek van sy oorskot in die middel van die 20ste eeu het die eeue-oue gerugte bevestig dat hy met loodsuiker vergiftig is.<ref>Specht W and Fischer K (1959). Vergiftungsnachweis an den Resten einer 900 Jahre alten Leiche. Arch. Kriminol., 124: 61-84. [Translation:Intoxication evidence in the remains of a 900-year-old corpse]</ref> Dit is nie duidelik of hy vermoor is nie.
In 1787 het skilder Albert Christoph Dies per ongeluk ongeveer ¾oz (20 g) loodasetaat ingesluk. Hy het stadig en onvolledig hiervan herstel, en het tot sy dood in 1822 met die gevolge geleef.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Dies, Christoph Albert|volume=8|page=211}}</ref><ref name="dies">{{cite book|last=Dies|first=Albert Christoph|authorlink=Albert Christoph Dies|year=1810|title=Biographische Nachrichten von Joseph Haydn nach mündlichen Erzählungen desselben entworfen und herausgegeben|trans-title=Biographical Accounts of Joseph Haydn, written and edited from his own spoken narratives|location=Vienna|publisher=Camesinaische Buchhandlung|ref=harv}} English translation in: {{cite book|last=Dies|first=Albert Christoph|chapter=Biographical Accounts of Joseph Haydn|year=1963|editor-last=Gotwals|editor-first=Vernon|title=Haydn: Two Contemporary Portraits|others=(translation by Vernon Gotwals)|location=Milwaukee|publisher=Univ. of Wisconsin Press|isbn=0-299-02791-0|ref=CITEREFGotwals1963}}</ref>
Alhoewel die gebruik van lood(II) asetaat as 'n versoeter toe reeds onwettig was, het komponis [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] aan loodvergiftiging gesterf wat veroorsaak is deur wyn wat met lood asetaat versoet is.<ref name="beethoven1">[http://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/fileadmin/pza/2001-30/magazin.htm Pharmazeutische Zeitung zu Beethovens wahrscheinlicher Bleivergiftung]</ref><ref name="beethoven2">[http://www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www.3sat.de/nano/news/11258/index.html Beethoven litt unter Bleivergiftung]</ref>
In die 1850's het Mary Seacole lood(II) asetaat saam met ander middels tydens 'n [[cholera]]<nowiki/>epidemie in Panama as medikasie aan pasiënte toegedien.<ref name="SeacoleIV">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_SeacoleSeacole, Mary Seacole]: ''Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands'', Chapter IV, (1990 [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press [Oxford University Press]] reprint) {{ISBN|0-19-506672-3}}; (2005 Penguin 20th Century Classics reprint, ed. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_SalihSalih, Sarah Salih]) {{ISBN|0-14-043902-1}}</ref><ref name="Robinson">[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Robinson_(historian)Robinson, Jane Robinson]: ''Mary Seacole: The Charismatic Black Nurse who became a heroine of the Crimea'', p.53. Constable 2004 (p/b. {{ISBN|1-84119-677-0}})</ref>
=== Skoonheidsmiddels ===
Lood(II) asetaat, sowel as wit lood, is dwarsdeur die geskiedenis in skoonheidsmiddels gebruik.<ref>Gunn, Fenja. (1973). The Artificial Face: A History of Cosmetics. — as cited in [http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/leisure/leadfacepowder.html Leisure Activities of an 18th Century Lady]</ref>
Dit word nog steeds in die VSA gebruik in haarkleurprodukte vir mans.<ref name="Hair">''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204121726/http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/courses/geog100/MielkeHairLead4.htm Lead Based Hair Products: Too Hazardous for Household Use - Results]'', [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Mielke Howard W. Mielke], PhD, [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myiesha_D._Taylor Myiesha D. Taylor], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_R._Gonzales Chris R. Gonzales], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Kelley_Smith M. Kelley Smith], [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_V._Daniels Pamela V. Daniels], and [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayanna_V.Buckner Ayanna V.Buckner]. [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_American_Pharmaceutical_Association Journal of American Pharmaceutical Association] (NS37, Jan/Feb 1997:85-89).</ref> Die US Food and Drug Administration sien hierdie gebruik as veilig, omdat menslike toetse getoon het dat die lood nie tot die bloedstroom deurdring nie, en ook nie geabsorbeer word nie. Dit is egter in Kanada verban in skoonheidsmiddels in 2005 (effektief aan die einde van 2006); 'n besluit wat gebaseer is op toetse wat moontlike kankerwekkendheid en reproduktiewe toksisiteit getoon het.<ref name="canada.com">[http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=6caa01c2-3fb0-4431-a559-43aeece93860 Can West News Service: Grecian Formula in a grey zone after ban]</ref> Dit word ook verbied in die Europese Unie en is sedert 1988 in Kalifornië op die ''Proposition 65'' waarskuwingslys as 'n karsinogeen.<ref>http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/files/P65single060614.pdf</ref>
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