you post: “ Yea, but does this also prove conclusively that its linked to evil?”
Think Caligula.
He had an elaborate plumbing system - lead pipes - on his huge private ships -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN-DVLBlufY
Caligula the mad man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucA7P_3dqAo
Good point, though they also sweetened wine with lead acetate because it is sweet (and people bitched about saccharin!)