Research Finds Link Between Mexico City Air Pollution and Early Signs of Alzheimer's in Children
by Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer, 1st November 2015 - via
by Mark Leberfinger, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer, 1st November 2015 - via
Environmental Health News
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, photo, old Volkswagen Beetle taxis sit at a junkyard in Mexico City. At its peak in 2006, the Volkswagen Beetles accounted for almost half of all taxis in Mexico City, with about 50,000 operating. The city stopped using the cars in 2012 because of emission requirements and safety concerns. (AP Photo/Sofia Jaramillo)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, photo, old Volkswagen Beetle taxis sit at a junkyard in Mexico City. At its peak in 2006, the Volkswagen Beetles accounted for almost half of all taxis in Mexico City, with about 50,000 operating. The city stopped using the cars in 2012 because of emission requirements and safety concerns. (AP Photo/Sofia Jaramillo)Children in Mexico City have developed some of the early markers for Alzheimer's in the brain's chemistry and structure due to the city's air pollution, American and Mexican researchers said.
Pollution has contributed to changes in the hippocampus where learning and memory processing take place, said Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas of the University of Montana, Missoula.
Pollution has contributed to changes in the hippocampus where learning and memory processing take place, said Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas of the University of Montana, Missoula.