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 ...
From gladiator fights to public executions, the Roman Empire’s cruelty was legendary. Discover the reasons behind their ...
Analyses of Arctic ice layers point to concentrations of atmospheric lead at the Roman Empire’s height that were about threefold what they are today in the US. The effect on the intelligence of ...
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Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...
Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects, the international team calculates that lead exposure in the ...
The study also could add fuel to a fraught and long-standing debate about whether mass lead poisoning could have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. “Ancient texts and archaeological ...
People living during the golden age of the Roman Empire experienced an average 2.5 to 3 point reduction in IQ due to atmospheric lead, according to a study published January 6 in the journal ...
Why are people in some regions happier and healthier than in other regions? For the first time, an international team of ...