Breathing in microscopic air pollutants may raise the risk of developing dementia, according to a new analysis of existing research by public health scientists at Harvard.
This contamination fouls the air and heats up the planet, underscoring the dangers of climate change, experts said.
“This meta-analysis reinforces my belief that ending the use of fossil fuels is the most critical intervention we can take to protect people’s health,” said, a physician and Health Equity Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who was not involved in the research. “This study helps us bring cognitive health to the forefront of the conversation of benefits we derive from rapidly transitioning to a clean energy economy.
Basu said that as a primary care physician, he regularly sees the “distressing impacts of dementia” on his patients and their loved ones.Many people are exposed to air pollution, and lowering their exposure could make a huge difference in the overall global burden of dementia, both now and in the future, with substantial population-level health impacts, Weisskopf said.
“Dementia has a tremendous personal, health, societal and financial cost to the world, so anything we can do to delay, modify or prevent can have massive societal implications,” he said.
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