Ancient Romans Breathed in Enough Lead to Lower Their IQs, …
Lead in the air might have caused an estimated 2.5- to 3-point drop in IQs throughout the Roman Empire, per the research. The new paper doesn’t solve the mystery of whether lead poisoning played ...
Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have dropped average IQ ... - NBC News
3 days ago · Then the team analyzed modern-day information about exposure to lead and determined the health effects of the atmospheric lead present during the Pax Romana, a time of peace in the empire that ...
How the Roman Empire Lowered IQ Levels in Europe
1 day ago · On average, lead levels in children’s blood at the peak of the Roman empire could have risen 2.4 micrograms per decilitre, the researchers found, reducing their IQ by 2.5 to 3 points. When taking background lead into account, childhood blood levels may have reached about 3.5 micrograms per decilitre.
Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire ...
4 days ago · People living during the golden age of the Roman Empire experienced an average 2.5 to 3 point reduction in IQ due to atmospheric lead, according to a study published January 6 in the journal ...
Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ancient Rome
3 days ago · It then declined sharply during the 1st century BCE, during the crisis of the Roman Republic, before increasing around 15 BCE following the rise of the Roman Empire. Lead pollution remained high ...
Lead Pollution Linked to IQ Decline in Roman-Era Europe
2 days ago · Findings suggest air lead concentrations exceeded 150 ng/m 3 near metallurgical emission sources, with average enhancements of >1.0 ng/m 3 over Europe during the Pax Romana apogee of the Roman Empire. The result was blood lead enhancements in young children of about 2.4 µg/dl above an estimated Neolithic background of 1.0 µg/dl, leading to ...
Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, …
1 day ago · Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says. Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the ...
Lead pollution linked to lower IQs in Roman Empire: Study
3 days ago · Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researc…
Lead Poisoning May Have Made Ancient Romans a Bit Less …
3 days ago · Dr. McConnell and his colleagues have now detected lead in layers of ice collected in Russia and Greenland that date to the time of the Roman Empire. Lead entered the atmosphere from Roman mining ...
Lead pollution in the air impacted all ancient Romans
3 days ago · But an unknown enemy poisoned nearly everyone in the empire. Lead air pollution spiked during this time and resulted in elevated blood lead levels and cognitive decline, a new study shows (Proc ...
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