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Here’s where the oldest evidence of lead pollution comes from
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and ... In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal ...
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Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change
Dr Joseph Maran. The Roman conquerors thus pushed the mining of gold, silver, and other metals, with ore extraction and smelting also requiring wood. The sediment cores from the Aegean Sea were ...
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The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ... lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as ...
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Greece provides oldest evidence of lead pollution
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and ... In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal ...