Lead has been utilized for millennia due to its beneficial properties in a multitude of industries. In ancient times, the Romans used this natural resource widely in piping to deliver water to their ...

In the past, PVC included lead (Pb) as a stabilizer, but due to the health and environmental hazards associated with Pb, it has gradually been phased out of numerous products. Concurrently, certain ...

L: Lead pipe from Roman-era Bath, England. R: Bones of the thigh, leg, and foot. Whether the ancient Romans’ copious use of the metal in their civilization resulted in lead poisoning has been debated ...

Disposable vapes may be delivering more toxic metals than a pack of cigarettes. A study from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), found that popular single-use vapes emit high levels of ...