New research examines how lead was used in Rome in daily life, and what archaeological evidence reveals about its health effects.

Lead prices were volatile in 2025 amid investor uncertainty and factors like tariff threats. The base metal is primarily ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will examine the potential harm to women of heavy metals such as lead and arsenic found in tampons.The FDA’s action follows the July ...

About half of all people on Earth menstruate at some point in their lives, and many of them manage their monthly periods with tampons. Yet new research suggests some worrying compounds are likely ...

Fourteen popular brands of tampons sold in the U.S., U.K. and European Union have been found to contain toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, according to tests conducted by researchers at ...

LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Lead and zinc may be geological sister metals but their market fortunes have been very different in recent months. London Metal Exchange (LME) three-month zinc rallied to a ...

Metals have emerged as the top-performing commodity sub-asset class of 2025 so far, with precious metals up 26.2% and industrial metals rising 10.9% year-to-date as of July 22. However, looking ahead ...

Lead prices rode a wave of volatility in 2024 as global economic uncertainty continued to wreak havoc on metals markets. As an industrial metal, lead has largely been used in lead-acid batteries, and ...