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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers measured lead pollution and its impact on human health through Arctic ice-core samples.View on euronews ...

Ancient Romans' IQ was reduced by the lead in the air they breathed, a new study says. The thirst for silver needed to mint ...

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

The researchers first took measurements of lead deposited in three Arctic ice cores every year between 500 BCE and 600 CE using techniques they have reported before. They found that lead emissions ...

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

New research finds that pollution from ancient silver and lead mining during the Roman Empire resulted in lowered ...

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