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

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

The use of large datasets from vast territories previously ruled by the Roman Empire presents a different scenario ... which ...

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

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

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

To work out what impact the pollution might have had, the scientists turned to atmospheric models to map how the lead would ... s blood at the peak of the Roman empire could have risen 2.4 ...

The Roman Empire was more lead-coated than a Baby Boomer ... The researchers used computer modeling of atmospheric movement to produce maps of lead pollution levels across Europe throughout ...

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 ...