New research has found that ancient Greece may harbor the oldest known evidence of lead pollution. After analyzing sediment ...

The devastating health effects of lead exposure are well-documented, even at low levels. Modern studies highlight how lead ...

A further spike in levels of human-caused lead pollution was observed about 2,150 years ago. This period saw the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Aegean region, which hosted some of the ...

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 the ...

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece WASHINGTON -- Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ...

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 ...

The Oldest Evidence for Lead Pollution Comes From Ancient Greece WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out ...