Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire hummed with activity. Roads stretched like arteries, connecting distant provinces.

Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire 'To my knowledge, it’s the first large-scale pollution event from industrial activities.' By Lauren Leffer ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found.

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure from plumbing, wine, and ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. DRI scientists have previously used atmospheric ...

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era ...

Research reveals that atmospheric lead pollution in the Roman Empire likely caused cognitive decline. The study is the first of its kind.

Some have even argued that lead poisoning played a role in the downfall of the Roman empire. Most of those arguments have focused on ancient writings and archeology that provide hints about lead’s ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new research. Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines throughout ...

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 ...