Re^2: poll ideas quest 2010 (toxic metal)

[chuckbutler]

Let us add Aluminium to the list of the not-so-good metals. Iron, if it is stainless steel, is OK for water, coffee, and tea. I know things are not directly made from it, but Sodium is still used in a lot of products. Thanks. -c

[Tux]

Mercury, lead and tin were not really used a lot to make weapons. Weapons might not be real household appliances, but they do kill :)
Iron and Copper (Bronze) however were used a lot for weapons.

[serf]

I believe there's a bug in the first line of your code:

Mercury, lead and tin were not really used a lot to make weapons.
Weapons might not be real household appliances, but they do kill :)
Iron and Copper (Bronze) however were used a lot for weapons.

I ran your source through the debugger and it reported:

Bronze is typically 88% copper and 12% tin

Therefore if Copper was used a lot in Bronze weapons, then Tin was also used around 1 / 7.33333333333333rd of a lot, which is still rather a lot.

If it wasn't for all that Tin then Bronze wouldn't have been used for those weapons... and Cornwall wouldn't have had such a thriving export trade in ancient times!