A number of large epidemiological studies provide evidence for long-term exposure to greater levels of air pollution to accelerate the onset and progression of age-related disease. A few of these manage to control for the tendency for wealthier people to avoid living in areas with higher particulate air pollution, and the correlation with worse health remains. Mechanistically, it is thought that particulates provoke greater chronic inflammation via their interaction with lung and other tissues, and this in turn contributes to the cell and…
A Population Study Correlates Air Pollution with Faster Cognitive Aging
A number of large epidemiological studies provide evidence for long-term exposure to greater levels of air pollution to accelerate the onset and progression of age-related disease. A few of these manage to control for the tendency for wealthier people to avoid living in areas with higher particulate air pollution, and the correlation with worse health remains. Mechanistically, it is thought that particulates provoke greater chronic inflammation via their interaction with lung and other tissues, and this in turn contributes to the cell and…