A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...

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

Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.

The oldest signs of lead pollution are found in the Aegean Sea region of Greece, dating back to ancient times, a new study ...

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. More than 60 per cent of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

FILE - A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C. Erechtheion temple, as at the background is seen smoke from a fire , during a hot, windy ...

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 ...