Air pollution a strong factor in dementia?

[packman]

"scientists were beginning to link air pollution—from power plants, motor vehicles, forest fires, you name it—to one of the least understood and most frightening of illnesses: dementia."

"...the research implicating air pollution as one factor that can contribute to dementia was alarming, consistent, and, ultimately, “suggestive.” Since then scientists have published a wave of studies that reveal that air pollution is much worse for us than we had previously imagined. The evidence is so compelling, in fact, that many leading researchers now believe it’s conclusive. “I have no hesitation whatsoever to say that air pollution causes dementia,” says Caleb Finch, gerontologist and the leader of USC’s Air Pollution and Brain Disease research network, which has completed many of these new studies. In terms of its effects on our health and welfare, Finch says, “air pollution is just as bad as cigarette smoke.” This evidence arrives alongside the alarming news that air quality is actually worsening for many cities in the United States, while the Trump administration continues its effort to delay or roll back environmental safeguards"


Rest of article:

http://extragoodshit.phlap.net/the-evidence-is-strong-air-pollution-seems-to-cause-dementia/#more-528151

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[milestogo]

2. Is there a lot of dementia in China?

It has some of the worst air pollution in the world.

[defacto7]

3. and India?

[MrsCoffee]

4. China has the largest population of patients with dementia in the world.

They have a lot of people. They have a lot of old people. I imagine there are many factors involved.

[MontanaMama]

5. My grandfather and my dad both died from dementia.

They both smoked for decades.

[packman]

6. Same with my late mother-in-law