Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine ...

The Nigerian Constitution establishes environmental protection through several interconnected provisions. Section 20 ...

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

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

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

Tiny fragments found in the environment are increasing the rate of genetic transfer between bacteria 200-fold, Oxford ...

“Researchers analyzed 175 countries,” using the most recent data from leading scientific and environmental research ...

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the potential health implications of microplastics and nanoplastics entering ...

Human-caused climate change was responsible for about a quarter of the fuel available for the wildfires that have devastated ...

For over a year, the Forever Lobbying Project investigated an ongoing orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign by ...

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

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