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

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

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

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

By reconstructing air currents using atmospheric models, the scientists were able to estimate how much lead pollution was being released across Europe at the time: 3 million to 4.3 million ...

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