According to a new study, “air pollution causes a “huge” reduction in intelligence, indicating that the damage to society of toxic air is far deeper than the well-known impacts on physical health.”
The study found that, ” high pollution levels led to significant drops in test scores in language and arithmetic, with the average impact equivalent to having lost a year of the person’s education.”
“They found the longer people were exposed to dirty air, the bigger the damage to intelligence, with language ability more harmed than mathematical ability and men more harmed than women.”
This study was done regarding pollution in outdoor air, but indoor air pollutants are similar and would have similar effects.
This makes sense to me because many chemicals are known to affect the central nervous system and in doing so affects brain function.
Again, another reason to remove sources of indoor air pollution from your home and have an air filter on hand and available when needed.
THE GUARDIAN: Air Pollution Causes “Huge” Reduction in Intelligence, Study Reveals.
