A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a two-year pause on new mining claims on land adjacent to Nevada’s Ash ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Sulphuric acid is typically injected into the aquifer rock that contains the uranium to dissolve it. The mine then pumps out ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

Authorities have decried the environmental destruction and river pollution caused by illicit gold mining, often involving ...

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, uncovering a link between lead exposure and cognitive decline. Lead exposure is ...

In ancient Rome, lead was widely used in glazed table wares, paints, cosmetics, and was intentionally ingested as well as ...

A study analyzing Arctic ice cores reveals that lead pollution during the Roman Empire's height contributed to an estimated 2 ...