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Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

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275 points rntn | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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mc32 ◴[07 Sep 25 14:23 UTC] No.45158393[source]▶
Does this imply that in 30 years or more we should expect spikes in China, India and other places with exceptional air pollution?

I don't doubt it and they could expect other implications if the pollution also included heavy metals and other chemicals in the air, water and land.

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1. elric ◴[07 Sep 25 14:48 UTC] No.45158646[source]▶
Hopefully China will improve its care of dementia patients. N=1, but a Chinese friend's mother has dementia, and basically the family is expected to care of her full time, there seem to be no facilities (at least not for regular non-rich folks), and even getting a diagnosis was apparently a very hush-hush affair. Seems like it's something that isn't talked much about over there? Again, N=1.