Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe.
Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe. New research shows that even pollution levels that are below government air-quality standards are associated with differences in children’s brains.
A University of California, Davis, research team systematically analyzed 40 empirical studies, the majority of which had found that outdoor air pollution is associated with differences in children’s brains. These differences include volumes of white matter, which is associated with cognitive function, connections throughout the brain and even early markers for Alzheimer’s.
The study, “Clearing the Air: A systematic review of studies on air pollution and childhood brain outcomes to mobilize policy change,” was published this month in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
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