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| Air Pollution - Is it causing us to lose our minds ? |
| 2023-08-28 |
| [The Cool Down] Air pollution has a clear impact on our ability to breathe and has been linked to many health risks, such as heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema. Now, scientists have uncovered another possible hidden risk of air pollution: dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health conducted an analysis of 14 prior studies and concluded that chronic exposure to air containing high levels of pollution classified as "fine particulate matter" was consistently associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s, Bloomberg reported. This increased risk applied to those exposed to air pollution levels below the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard. What is particulate air pollution? Particle pollution, which includes dirt, dust, soot, and smoke, is created by cars, coal fires, factories, and construction sites. As the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) explains, breathing in particle pollution can be harmful to our health, particularly the super tiny ones, as they "can get into the deep parts of your lungs — or even into your blood." "Everybody has to breathe, so everybody is exposed to this," Professor Marc Weisskopf, one of the authors of the study, said in the BMJ medical journal, where the study was published. "The population-level effect could actually be quite large because the number of people exposed is massive." He went on to cite the need for regulators to step in and protect people from the many risks associated with worsening air quality. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Do the Amish eat processed food? Do the Amish watch what passes for entertainment on TV? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-08-28 15:37 |
| #5 Do Amish use cell phones? WiFi? |
| Posted by: Grom the Kindly 2023-08-28 14:55 |
| #4 The air was dirtier back in the 70s. I'm sure those numbers have since been 'adjusted'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-08-28 13:10 |
| #3 The 'Particulate Scare' studies are based on Linear No-Threshold quackery. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-08-28 11:03 |
| #2 In the immortal words of Tonto, "What'cho mean we, white eyes?" |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-08-28 11:01 |
| #1 AND... Study: Transgender Surgeries Tripled After Obama Forced Insurance Companies to Cover Expenses "The numbers then doubled twice more between 2000 and 2005 and from 2006 to 2011." |
| Posted by: Count Galeazzo Bucket1169 2023-08-28 10:52 |