Air pollution associated with higher risk of dementia
The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Environmental Health Perspectives’. In the UW-led study, a small increase in the levels of fine particle pollution (PM2.5 or particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or smaller) averaged over a decade at specific addresses in the Seattle area was associated with a greater risk of dementia for people living at those addresses.
Air pollution linked to increased deaths from heart disease
Even minuscule increases in the amount of tiny chemical particles -- by 10 micrograms per cubic metre of air, for example -- lead to roughly a 10 percent increase in risk of death due to heart disease.
Sep 15, 2015, 19:05 PM IST
