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

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

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution ...

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to climate ... were used to map the general changes in the size and number ...

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to ...

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

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, uncovering a link between lead exposure and cognitive decline. Lead exposure is ...

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

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