The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought ...

FILE - A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C. Erechtheion temple, as at the background is seen smoke from a fire , during a hot, windy day ...

Pigeons in New York City had similar pattern of lead in blood to children ‘Rats with wings’ could be a tool to survey urban pollution Tom Lehrer sang about poisoning them, but those pigeons in the ...

The Industrial Revolution was undeniably a major turning point in history. Beginning in the late 1700’s, human environmental impacts reached previously impossible new heights. Yet pollution wasn’t ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of ...

Emissions at Metalico Pittsburgh, February, 2021. Karen Clay: First of all, you might think that these studies have been done, but it turns out that they haven’t. We show causal evidence that higher ...

Widespread lead pollution from the Roman Empire's metals industry caused a cognitive decline across Europe, with researchers estimating a 2- to 3-point drop in IQ due to lead exposure, a recent study ...

While the Earth’s crust naturally contains lead, it does not impact the general population’s health. On the other hand, anthropogenic activities cause high levels of lead contamination. The public ...

Read full article: Busiest, slowest polling locations in Bexar County for early voting period of Nov. 4, 2025, election The Kendall County Women’s Shelter began as a crisis hotline in 2006 WASHINGTON ...

WASHINGTON – Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and ...