{"id":20739,"date":"2018-10-16T11:54:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:43:56","slug":"air-pollution-damages-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/air-pollution-damages-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Air pollution? It damages our intelligence!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nowadays, we know a lot about the health damages caused by the fine dust, in particular the consequently diseases damaging the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. But this year, a Chinese study has showed how the chronic exposition to the smog can be harmful also for our brain and our intelligence.\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Shangai – Picture of Erhard Renz via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

A team of Chinese researchers has analyzed the link between the chronic exposure to the air pollution<\/strong> and the cognitive performance of the people<\/strong> and they have discovered that the fact of breathing polluted air is equivalent to lose one year of school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The researchers have distributed linguistic and mathematical tests to more than 20 thousand of people in 162 different Chinese villages<\/strong>\u00a0and they have later compared the results with the levels of sulphur dioxide<\/strong> and nitrogen dioxide<\/strong> of the atmosphere of the different places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fine dust are decreasing our cognitive abilities\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The result has showed that the continue exposure to the fine dust<\/strong> decrease the cognitive abilities, in particular for the male individuals<\/strong> less educated, older<\/strong> (over 64 years old) and spending more time in open air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The results can be considered globally because the 80% of the world population<\/strong> is breathing non safe levels of pollution<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Until now, it has only be showed that the air pollution can increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, neuroinflammation and oxidative stress<\/strong>. Moreover, it increase the mortality rate<\/strong> for the people with mental diseased and it could represent the cause of psychological illness for the kids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The air pollution is the enemy of the brain<\/h2>\n

It seems that the pollutants are influencing directly the chemistry of the brain. In fact, the toxins are transported to the neural system through small transfers. And the consequence is a real psychological impact.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t