Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans ...

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.

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

"A 2 to 3 points lower IQ doesn't sound like much, but when you apply that to the entire European population, it's quite a ...

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

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

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

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution.

A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...

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

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

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...