Diesel exhaust linked to Alzheimers and dementia
After controlling for a range of health and socioeconomic factors, including hypertension, education, and housing values, they found that relatively fewer older people in counties with newly improved air quality developed dementia compared with counties without recent changes. Overall, evidence linked the federal regulation to nearly 182,000 fewer people with dementia in 2013.
(tags: dementia alzheimers brain health diesel emissions air-quality pollution air)