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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In today's health headlines, what we can 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 ...

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 ...

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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.

"What we set out to do is to try to understand how significant lead poisoning was from this background of air pollution and what its health effects might have been," Joe McConnell, a research ...