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Ice Cap Shows Ancient Mines Polluted the Globe
Samples extracted from Greenland's two-mile-deep ice cap yield evidence that ancient Carthaginian and Roman silver miners working in southern Spain fouled global atmosphere with lead for some 900 years;
Publisher: The New York Times
Author: Malcolm W. Browne
Samples extracted from Greenland's two-mile-deep ice cap yield evidence that ancient Carthaginian and Roman silver miners working in southern Spain fouled global atmosphere with lead for some 900 years;