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

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

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 pollution from Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the vast Roman Empire ...

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

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 ...

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

Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice cores to identify periods of lead pollution throughout the Roman Empire, and now new research expands on this ...