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

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

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

It was during the period known as the Pax Romana, a time of stability in the Roman Empire that lasted for about two hundred ...

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