Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans sweetened their wine with lead acetate and sipped tap water that ...

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

Health consequences: Lead poisoning: Widespread exposure to lead ... 15 BCE (The rise of the Roman empire) Lead pollution spikes again as it is increased because of the extension and expansion ...

may have led to cognitive decline in the citizens of the Roman Empire. Lead pollution around this time may also have had some effect on marine microorganisms, and researchers from the new study ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. That's ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...

Childhood lead exposure is not quite yet a problem of the past. That said, there is much that caregivers can do to reduce the ...

This Roman lead drain pipe ("plumbaria") was found at ... is that they go hand in hand with drainage systems of the Roman Empire, which is obviously very important, toilets and baths.

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 ...