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Roadway to the Brain? Alzheimer’s Linked to Notorious Tire Chemical (studyfinds.com)
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  • A tire chemical called 6PPD-Q, already blamed for killing salmon, was examined for possible links to Alzheimer’s disease in a new computer-based study.
  • Using computer models, researchers found that the chemical can latch onto several proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and reach brain regions involved in the disease.
  • No patients or animals were tested; the study rests entirely on computer predictions and reused datasets, so it cannot prove the chemical causes Alzheimer’s.
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[–] 6 points 4 months ago

from what I've heard, the Netherlands was a lot more car-based in the 1960s. is it possible that there is a delay to the difference in diagnoses?

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