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

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 ...

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

Short-term exposure to air pollution can impair cognitive functions like attention and emotion recognition. These issues ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

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

The discovery suggests that human activities were causing lead pollution 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. The lead emissions followed the development of smelting technologies ...

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 Aegean ...

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 ...

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 ...