Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

The Roman Empire’s massive mining industry polluted Europe’s atmosphere with lead.

According to an NBC News report, an analysis of an ice core from Greenland conducted by climate and environmental scientist ...

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

New research finds that pollution from ancient silver and lead mining during the Roman Empire resulted in lowered ...

In ancient Rome, lead was widely used in glazed table wares, paints, cosmetics, and was intentionally ingested as well as ...