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

Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have dropped the average IQ by up to three points, a new study has found. In the paper, ...

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

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

Archeologists have discovered the foundations of a Roman 'service station' by the A147 in the Cotswolds, about five miles ...

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 development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect ... computer modeling of atmospheric movement to produce maps of lead pollution levels across Europe throughout ...

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

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 ...

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 ...