Researchers measured lead pollution and its impact on human health through Arctic ice-core samples. View on euronews ...

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

Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...

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

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution ...

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

The researchers first took measurements of lead deposited in three Arctic ice cores every year between 500 BCE and 600 CE using techniques they have reported before. They found that lead emissions ...

Oxford University study finds that lead pollution may have reduced intelligence levels by two to three points during the Pax ...

New research finds that pollution from ancient silver and lead mining during the Roman Empire resulted in lowered ...

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