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The research team believes that this large-scale lead pollution was caused by silver mining and smelting, which supported the ancient Roman economy, and estimates that as much as 500 kilotons of ...

Lead pollution spikes again as it is increased because of the extension and expansion of the Roman Empire, which has been driven majorly by the silver mining activities and high industrial activities.

The extraction and smelting of metals in the Roman Empire between 100 BCE and 200 CE contributed to lead emissions, likely causing a population-wide drop in IQ of about 2.5 to 3 points.

Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs: Study The findings would make the roughly 200-year span of Pax Romana one of the earliest examples of industrial pollution Washington Post ...

While lead poisoning through contaminated food and wine was more likely to be a concern for the upper classes, the entire population would have inhaled airborne lead produced from the empire’s huge ...

On average, lead levels in children’s blood at the peak of the Roman empire could have risen 2.4 micrograms per decilitre, the researchers found, reducing their IQ by 2.5 to three points.