Exposure to particulate matter and other air pollution is generally agreed upon to be bad for long-term health. The worse the exposure, the worse the outcome. The epidemiological data is quite convincing, particularly studies in those parts of the world where, by happenstance, very similar populations are exposed to very different degrees of air pollution. The consensus on biological mechanisms is that pollutants interact with lung and airway tissues to provoke greater systemic inflammation. That inflammation in turn accelerates the onset and progression of all of the major fatal conditions of aging. Here the focus is on dementia, but other stud…
Greater Particulate Air Pollution Correlates with Greater Severity of Dementia
Exposure to particulate matter and other air pollution is generally agreed upon to be bad for long-term health. The worse the exposure, the worse the outcome. The epidemiological data is quite convincing, particularly studies in those parts of the world where, by happenstance, very similar populations are exposed to very different degrees of air pollution. The consensus on biological mechanisms is that pollutants interact with lung and airway tissues to provoke greater systemic inflammation. That inflammation in turn accelerates the onset and progression of all of the major fatal conditions of aging. Here the focus is on dementia, but other stud…