▲ 70 ▼ Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk (www.nature.com) submitted 1 year ago by FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@mander.xyz comment fedilink hide all child comments Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease with dementia in people who are predisposed to the conditions.
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (2 children) Correlation or causation? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago You can take a look at this meta analysis if you still have your doubts: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00118-4/fulltext Long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis TLDR: This analysis adds to the body of evidence that outdoor air pollutants are risk factors for dementia, indicating that reduced exposure to pollution could reduce dementia rates and stricter air quality standards would likely provide substantial health, social, and economic benefits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Causation. Pollution causes inflammation, plus particulate matter in the cells permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago You can take a look at this meta analysis if you still have your doubts: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(25)00118-4/fulltext Long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis TLDR: This analysis adds to the body of evidence that outdoor air pollutants are risk factors for dementia, indicating that reduced exposure to pollution could reduce dementia rates and stricter air quality standards would likely provide substantial health, social, and economic benefits. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Causation. Pollution causes inflammation, plus particulate matter in the cells permalink fedilink source parent
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