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 ...

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

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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

American freedoms and creativity have given rise to an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity throughout the world.

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

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

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

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

The Romans invented concrete, aqueducts, and the basis of the modern calendar. But their achievements could have been even ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...