Saturday 21 April 2018

Babies in Mexico City Show Signs of Alzheimer’s. Blame Air Pollution.

Babies in Mexico City Show Signs of Alzheimer’s. Blame Air Pollution.

A study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research found symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in babies less than a year old in Mexico City—suggesting not only that the disease takes shape earlier on than previously suspected but that environmental factors may be to blame. The researchers, led by Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas at the University of Montana, investigated the autopsies of 203 Mexico City residents between the ages of 11 months and 40 years old.

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