A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to higher rates of dementia.
"As we experience the effects of air pollution from wildfires and other emissions locally and internationally, these findings contribute to the strong evidence needed to best inform health and policy decisions," said Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging, the third largest branch of the NIH.
The EPA data was supplemented by over 300 other geographic variables, including population density, emissions sources, and land use in the area. Air pollutants from both agricultural and wildfire emissions"were robustly associated with greater rates of dementia," wrote the study's authors. Traffic and coal combustion emissions also had a greater connection to incident dementia than other forms of air pollution, such as windblown dust and other forms of energy production.
According to the EPA, exposure to particulate matter air pollution can cause a variety of cardiopulmonary problems, such as asthma, decreased lung function, irregular heartbeat, and non-fatal heart attacks. Children, pregnant women, older people, and those with pre-existing heart and lung conditions are at the most risk for complications.
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