New evidence shows that the health impacts of the Industrial Revolution varied more widely than previously believed, challenging the longstanding narrative that urban areas were uniformly polluted while rural communities remained comparatively untouched during the rise of polluting industries, according to a new study .

The study — " Geochemical Tales of Individual Lives in the Industrial Revolution: Untangling the Impacts of Pollutant Exposure in Two English Towns " — was published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. An interdisciplinary team made up of researchers from the University of Miami's Rosentiel School, Nashua Community College, Seton Hall University, the Smithsonian Institute, The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan coauthored the study.

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