Nadja Popovich covered this study back in October: New data reveals that damaging air pollution has increased nationally since 2016, reversing a decades-long trend toward cleaner air. The New York Times The air you breathe used to get cleaner and cleaner every year. Now every year air quality is getting worse, doing more and more damage […]
In case anyone needed another reason not to drive a gas car: Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with lower scores on tests of mental acuity, researchers have found. And one reason may be that air pollution causes changes in brain structure that resemble those of Alzheimer’s disease. The New York Times Alzheimer’s Shmalzheimers! […]
Patrick Collison rounds up a handful of different studies documenting the fact that air pollution makes people stupider: Air pollution is a very big deal. Its adverse effects on numerous health outcomes and general mortality are widely documented. However, our understanding of its cognitivecosts is more recent and those costs are almost certainly still significantly under-emphasized. For […]
