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

Lead contamination has long been recognized as a significant public health hazard, even at low exposure levels. A recent ...

Under the Clean Air Act, EPA requires an NSR permit — possibly accompanied by stricter pollution controls — when such ...

Researchers say the massive expansion of mining and the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

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 ...

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

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

Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal ...