The research, from the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, measured the exposure of the mothers to PAH air pollution and used brain imaging to look at the effects on their children’s brains.
PAHs, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are widespread pollutants formed when organic materials are incompletely burned. They originate from vehicle exhausts, burning coal and oil, waste incineration, and wildfires. They can also be found inside the home, for example from tobacco smoke or open fires and stoves.
The study found an association of areas of reduced white matter with the processing speed of that part of the brain. Yellow, red and orange show areas where white matter had affected the processing speed of that part of the brain. There was a stronger correlation in the left side of the brain. From Peterson et al. 2015, JAMA Psychiatry, Author provided
This study’s findings add to a growing body of literature on air pollution and health, from which other studies report associations with autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and cognitive impairment.
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Wow China, Brazil and India. What are you going to do about that? Being the factory countries of the world? At what cost to your future? What amount of permanent genetic mutations for your future generations....
Wow rural conservatives in America who drink the Teahadi koolaid provided by the Koch climate liars? Look at the evil you leave behind you in the world as you thump your Bibles, tsk tsk.