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

Ancient Romans weren't as bright as they might have been. According to a new study published Monday in the journal PNAS, the ...

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

Deep underground, slaves and laborers extract vast quantities of lead and silver, fueling the empire’s ambitions. But, ...

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

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

Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

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

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

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

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

In ancient Rome, lead was widely used in glazed table wares, paints, cosmetics, and was intentionally ingested as well as ...