Excavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded nearly two dozen lead tablets inscribed in Latin and Gaulish.

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

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

Deep underground, slaves and laborers extract vast quantities of lead and silver, fueling the empire’s ambitions. But, ...

Heavy metal. I had the lead, very high level of lead and mercury." Asked whether he believed that happened while in Melbourne, the 10-time Australian Open winner said: "That’s the only way." ...

According to an NBC News report, an analysis of an ice core from Greenland conducted by climate and environmental scientist ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere ...

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.