Air pollution in Mexico City is associated with the development of Alzheimer disease

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/ip-api122118.php

Public Release: 21-Dec-2018
IOS Press

Air pollution in Mexico City is associated with the development of Alzheimer disease in children and young adults and the evolving axonal damage can be identified using a novel Non-P-Tau assay for cerebrospinal fluid CSF: New study

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Mexico City children have lifetime exposures to concentrations of air pollutants above the current USA standards, including fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). Metropolitan Mexico City is an example of extreme urban growth and serious environmental pollution and millions of children are involuntarily exposed to harmful concentrations of PM 2.5 every day since conception.

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n the USA alone, 200 million people live in areas where pollutants such as ozone and fine particulate matter exceed the standards.

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