editorial

Time to act: Air pollution is damaging our brains as well as our lungs

by Xiaobo Zhang
The Telegraph | 2018
DOI : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/time-act-air-pollution-damaging-brains-lungs/
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Zhang, Xiaobo. 2018. Time to act: Air pollution is damaging our brains as well as our lungs. The Telegraph. Published online on October 17, 2018. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/time-act-air-pollution-damaging-brains-lungs/

In the first study of its kind, we found continued exposure to air pollution lowers human intelligence, with the effects becoming more pronounced with age.

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