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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 ...
'World's first industrial pollution': Evidence of toxic lead found in ancient Greece
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of ...
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5,200-Year-Old Lead Pollution Reveals Secrets of Early Civilizations
Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...
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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 ...
The Taipei Times21d
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 ...