Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

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

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

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

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

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

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found.

Researchers examined three ice core records to identify lead pollution levels in the Arctic between 500 BC to 600 AD.

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