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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

As a result, it is said that there were chronic cases of lead poisoning in ancient Rome. The team, including researchers from the Desert Institute in the US and the University of Vienna in Austria ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What we can learn about lead poisoning from ancient … On-Air / Jan 8, 2025 / 09:41 AM EST In today's health headlines, what we can learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome.