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Living in cities with high air pollution equivalent to memory loss from aging 10 years

2019-10-17 1 Dailymotion

British researchers have found that living in areas polluted by high levels of fine dust could take a decade off your memory.<br />Scientists at Warwick University surveyed some 34-thousand British people and found that those living in heavily-polluted areas showed a significant lag in remembering words,... compared to those living in areas with cleaner air.<br />The difference was equivalent to aging ten years.<br />While there needs to be further research on how nitrogen dioxide and air particles affect human memory,... the recent study shows a strong link between the two.<br />

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