Impacts We don’t really know what wildfire smoke does to your brain Researchers are only just starting to ask how wildfire smoke affects cognition.
Causes Adrienne Matei: Plastic is already in blood, breast milk, and placentas. Now it may be in our brains The particles could be linked to cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
Politics Air pollution may raise risk of dementia, analysis shows Researchers examined 16 studies and found consistent evidence of a connection between toxic air pollutants known as PM 2.5 and dementia.
Governments knew the risks of global warming as they chose fossil-fueled growth in the 1950s and ’60s
