Lead poisoning has plagued millions of people ever since the world became industrialized, but humans' troubled relationship with the toxic metal goes back much further in time. Our ancient ancestors ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically ...

A history of lead in gasoline may be behind tens of millions of mental health conditions in the United States, according to new research. “We’ve shifted the curve in the population for mental health ...

Our hominid ancestors faced a Pleistocene world full of dangers—and apparently one of those dangers was lead poisoning. Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the ...