Ancient signs of lead pollution point to Roman takeover of Greece
The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an ...
Humans have polluted the sea with lead for far longer than we realised, study shows
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, ...