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

Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans ...

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

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, ...

"A 2 to 3 points lower IQ doesn't sound like much, but when you apply that to the entire European population, it's quite a ...

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

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

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

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

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

Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...

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