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It has long been known that air pollution can cause a host of health problems in humans. Respiratory issues like asthma and lung infections or cancers are just a few. But Mother Jones found researchers at Indiana University, MIT, and University of Southern California who have found another danger for seniors: dementia.
From the story:
“Still, evidence from retrospective studies is sobering. Controlling for things like ethnicity, gender, income, education, and other possible environmental exposures (including cigarette smoke), elderly individuals living in areas with polluted air appear to lose their mental abilities faster, show more predementia symptoms… and develop Alzheimer's disease at greater rates.”
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