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We don’t really know what wildfire smoke does to your brain

Researchers are only just starting to ask how wildfire smoke affects cognition.
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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.

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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.
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