Study Discovers Air Pollution Particles in the Human Brain

ENN
Sep 9, 2016, 8:21 am60 pts
A new study from Lancaster University has discovered toxic nanoparticles from air pollution in large quantities in human brains. The researchers examined brain tissue from 37 people aged between 3 and 92 years old in the U.K. and Mexico. Magnetite, a type of iron oxide, was found in massive quantities in…

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