scientists analysed the lead content of marine sediment cores taken from across the Aegean Sea and a sediment core taken from the Tenaghi Philippon peatland, located in northeastern Greece.
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy - and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...
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The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient GreeceResearchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago ...
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ScienceAlert on MSNThe Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years AgoTheir analysis of the core samples revealed the oldest anthropogenic lead pollution to date, coinciding with layers deposited around 5,275 years ago. This is about 1,200 years older than the ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNFive Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For ItCultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes ...
Greece's parliament elected its former speaker, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country's president on Wednesday, approving the ...
The Greek men’s national basketball team achieved their goal of qualifying for EuroBasket 2025 after a thrilling 93-89 overtime victory over the Czech Republic. Under the guidance of coach Vassilis ...
(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores ...
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