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August 28, 2018

Study Links Air Pollution to Reduction in Intelligence
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In environmental news, a new scientific study has found air pollution
can lead to a huge reduction in cognitive intelligence. One of the
study's authors, Xi Chen at Yale School of Public Health, said,
"Polluted air can cause everyone to reduce their level of education by
one year, which is huge." The study, which was based in China, also
suggests pollution can lead to increases in Alzheimer's and other forms
of dementia.


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