Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...

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

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal ...

Researchers say the massive expansion of mining and the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar ...

A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research ...

A study analyzing Arctic ice cores reveals that lead pollution during the Roman Empire's height contributed to an estimated 2 ...

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

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

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the Roman Empire, new research shows.

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...