New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

For all its promised benefits, the artificial-intelligence boom is likely to prove costly to public health and even lead to ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

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

The oldest signs of lead pollution are found in the Aegean Sea region of Greece, dating back to ancient times, a new study ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

When the Romans took over Greece in 146 BC, it charged a metal boom that created region-wide lead pollution, a new study suggests. Core samples from a peat bog and the bottom of the Aegean Sea ...

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