People who daily breathe in air pollution, particularly from wildfires or agricultural sources, might need to add a heightened risk of dementia to their list of health concerns.
While past research has mainly focused on particle pollution from other sources, such as fossil fuels, researchers found a bigger connection to“At first, when agriculture and wildfires were the two that popped out," the team was surprised, study author Dr.
It's possible these particles are entering the brain through the nose. They may be causing neuronal cell death connected to dementia, or changing inflammatory proteins, the researchers said.
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