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Five Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For It
Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes ...
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Arsenic Removal and Metal Recovery from Copper Smelting Dust
The management of copper smelting dust is a significant environmental and economic challenge in the mining industry. This dust often contains harmful elements like arsenic, which poses serious ...
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Oldest Known Evidence of Lead Pollution Found in Ancient Greece
New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...
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Here’s where the oldest evidence of lead pollution comes from
In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. “Silver was used for ...
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The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. “Silver was used for ...