Environmental/Public Health Problems

           Health problems in the Roman empire was a participant in the Fall of Rome. Wealthy citizens would use lead pumps for plumbing and often times die from lead poisoning. The water would flow through the pipes and carry pieces of lead that would still contain lead when it is drunken and or used by the person. Public Baths would often carry diseases and spread through the people who bathed in the public baths.

Kristen Menes