Air pollution may be to blame for thousands of dementia cases each year, researchers say

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Air pollution may be to blame for thousands of dementia cases each year, researchers say
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Nearly 188,000 dementia cases in the U.S. each year may have been caused by air pollution, researchers estimate.

ranging from coughing and shortness of breath to worsening asthma to an increased risk of death from heart disease.

Those drew on a range of data, including measurements from the Environmental Protection Agency and details about nearby factors that could affect their air quality. The Manhattan skyline is seen across the Hudson river as a man wearing a mask walks along the waterfront in West New York, New Jersey, on June 8, 2023, as smoke haze from Canadian wildfires blankets the area. Their modeling had found the higher risk even after adjusting for a range of potential factors that could have led to muddled results, like sex, race and ethnicity, educational status and wealth.

Beyond the direct emissions from wildfires and agriculture, Adar noted their analysis was able to take into account other kinds of air pollution that can also be traced back to these sources.

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