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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

(Credit: Andreas Koutsodendris) There’s a lot in our lives today that traces back to ancient Greece and the other cultures of the Aegean: our politics and philosophy, our art and architecture, and, ...