Does air pollution cause dementia? What new studies say on what it does to the brain
The research, published in journals like Science and Environmental Pollution, links long-term exposure to fine pollutants to brain conditions like Alzheimer's, dementia, and autism.
Some were found in the amygdala, a region of the brain associated with emotion and memory. The findings raise questions about how environmental pollutants travel through the body and enter brain tissue, challenging the assumption that the brain is la... [2900 chars]
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