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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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