'World's first industrial pollution': Evidence of toxic lead found in ancient Greece
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The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
The Classical period is famous for Athenian democracy, Socrates and Plato ... demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said Koutsodendris.