Air Pollution
May Accelerate
Cognitive Decline
"Unlike other factors that may be involved in dementia such as diet and physical activity, air pollution is something we can intervene on as a society at large through policy, regulation and technology."
Jennifer Weuve
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging
A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush indicates that chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. Results of the study are in the Feb. 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.