Not the Cans After All
Lead in Franklin Expedition remains likely not from canned food
A new study on the remains of the sailors found on Beechey Island has found that the lead contamination in their bones was too high and evenly spread to have come from the solder on their cans of food or from the lead piping in the ships, debunking one of the long-standing points in the Franklin mythos.
A new study on the remains of the sailors found on Beechey Island has found that the lead contamination in their bones was too high and evenly spread to have come from the solder on their cans of food or from the lead piping in the ships, debunking one of the long-standing points in the Franklin mythos.