I became curious whether the large flower design that drew me to the plates in the first place could have been created with lead paint, given the fact that the dishes seem somewhat old and lead ...

Even more unusual was the discovery of 21 curse tablets, which are small, rolled-up lead plates with inscriptions on them. Also known by the Latin term "defixiones," curse tablets have been found ...

You are what you eat – and, to some extent, what you eat off of. While Americans are, fortunately, not exposed to lead as ...