New Research Indicates That Air Pollution Can Inflame And Damage The Brain
Toxicologist Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas works for Mexico’s National Institute of Pediatrics and the University of Montana. In a long-term study of air pollution involving 55 middle-class children from Mexico City, she discovered signs of brain inflammation—lesions indicative of reduced blood flow that one would expect to find in older adults who are developing dementia.
