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Lucy:

https://www.epa.gov/lead/learn-about-lead

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/lead

https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/82/lead

https://www.britannica.com/science/lead-chemical-element/Properties-of-the-element

https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/more-metals/lead-versatile-metal-long-legacy/the-facts-on-lead/

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health#:~:text=Lead%20also%20causes%20long%2Dterm,birth%20and%20low%20birth%20weight.

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/element/Lead

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know

https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/14/us/flint-water-investigation/index.html

https://dankildee.house.gov/media/in-the-news/flint-michigan-did-race-and-poverty-factor-water-crisis

https://theintercept.com/2021/07/21/flint-water-crisis-rick-snyder/#:~:text=Peter%20Hammer%2C%20a%20Wayne%20State,hide%20and%20destroy%20damaging%20information.%E2%80%9D

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/27/g-s1-5433/beethoven-toxic-lead-poisoning-deafness-hair-samples

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/7-things-didnt-know-about-lead

https://www.midlandlead.co.uk/wp/media/6-FACTS-ABOUT-LEAD-GRAPHIC.pdf

https://facts.net/science/chemistry/50-facts-about-lead/

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/what-research-says-about-the-lead-crime-hypothesis

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/03/how-lead-caused-americas-violent-crime-epidemic/

https://manhattan.institute/article/lead-and-crime-a-review-of-the-evidence-and-the-path-forward

https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1750?amount=150

https://www.dib.ie/biography/gunning-maria-a3688

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/gunning-maria-1733-1760

http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/8307/portrait-of-maria-gunning-countess-of-coventry-17331760

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/analysis-dying-for-makeup-lead-cosmetics-poisoned-18th-century-european-socialites-in-search-of-whiter-skin/#:~:text=These%20were%20products%20that%20would,%E2%80%9Cno%2Dmakeup%E2%80%9D%20makeup.

https://fiveminutehistory.com/the-countesss-who-became-the-victim-of-cosmetics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiligenstadt_Testament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Coventry,_Countess_of_Coventry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiligenstadt_Testament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_lead

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/27/g-s1-5433/beethoven-toxic-lead-poisoning-deafness-hair-samples

 

Amanda:

https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/lead-toxicity-wine-history/#

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/hms-terror-erebus-history-franklin-lost-expedition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1279489/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Franklin%27s_Lament

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-happened-to-erebus-terror-crew-true-story

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/hms-terror-erebus-history-franklin-lost-expedition

https://www.arctictoday.com/traveling-exhibit-offers-clues-to-how-the-franklin-expedition-was-lost/