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Sublime Lead traces the worldwide history of lead from its formation into ore bodies exploited by classical Greece and Rome as silver sources to the current debate over how to fund its removal and remediation in our built environment and mining debris. The text deftly combines science and humanities together, and provides the reader a chance to learn about the vast history of lead from a variety of viewpoints.

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Sublime Lead traces the worldwide history of lead from its formation into ore bodies exploited by classical Greece and Rome as silver sources to the current debate over how to fund its removal and remediation in our built environment and mining debris. The text deftly combines science and humanities together, and provides the reader a chance to learn about the vast history of lead from a variety of viewpoints.
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Alanah Fitch holds a Masters in soil science from the University of Arizona, a PhD in soil chemistry from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and postdoctoral degrees in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Northwestern University. Her subsequent 34-year academic career was based at Loyola University Chicago in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry where she currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus.