"The potential human health risks posed by its long-term exposure require urgent attention." Scientists make disturbing new ...

The data hasn’t improved since then, although, fortunately, AI tools have vastly improved and offer new possibilities.

Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Human-caused climate change was responsible for about a quarter of the fuel available for the wildfires that have devastated ...

The publication highlights pollution’s adverse effects, featuring insights from 86 experts, and serves as a call to action for healthcare professionals and policymakers.

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, uncovering a link between lead exposure and cognitive decline. Lead exposure is ...