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

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

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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

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