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world. The selective use of powdered cinnabar as a preser-
vative in ancient funeral rituals to stop biologic decom-
position can only be inferred; however, now, the toxicity
of cinnabar is well established. Age-old awareness of the
toxicity of mercury fumes and cinnabar powder by the
Romans, the Maya, and the Inca has largely been overrid-
den by mercury's widespread usefulness in modern indus-
trial applications.
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