Air Pollution Linked to Dementia

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How dementia could be linked to air pollution in early life

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Air pollution breathed by children may affect their chances of getting dementia in later life.

University of Edinburgh researchers found evidence of changes in the brains of children exposed to air pollution.

The first clue that air pollution may affect brain health was discovered about 20 years ago , when researchers found brain changes in pet dogs in chronically polluted Mexico City .

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English

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long-living

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39669703/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12051555/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-pollution-cognitive-decline-and-dementia https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/otto-emil-ilmari-jutila https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhl/article/PIIS2666-7568(22)00004-6/fulltext https://www.alzscotdrc.ed.ac.uk/https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2107833119 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35142029/https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/sam-tomlinson https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/committee-on-the-medical-effects-of-air-pollutants-comeap https://impact.ed.ac.uk/our-shared-world/the-brain-boosters/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00053-y#ref-CR7 https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/massimo-vieno

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