The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure from plumbing, wine, and cosmetics led to cognitive decline ...

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

Lead contamination has long been recognized as a significant public health hazard, even at low exposure levels. A recent ...