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

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 flowed ...

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death into perspective and the Food and Drug Administration is taking a closer look ...

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 presence of lead in things like gasoline and paint up until the 1970s presented a bevy of problems for Americans, not the ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played ... if or how the fall of Rome was linked to lead. However, it does demonstrate ...

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

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 ...

Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman era ... "While our findings suggest that lead poisoning from background air pollution was not acute especially ...

A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and widespread health decline in the Ancient Roman Empire, which most likely lowered ...

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 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death into perspective and the Food and Drug ...