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posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 31 2020, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-forget-to-breathe dept.

Air pollution linked to dementia and cardiovascular disease:

The number of people living with dementia is projected to triple in the next 30 years. No curative treatment has been identified and the search for modifiable risk and protective factors remains a public health priority. Recent studies have linked both cardiovascular disease and air pollution to the development of dementia, but findings on the air pollution-link have been scarce and inconsistent.

In this study, the researchers examined the link between long-term exposure to air pollution and dementia and what role cardiovascular diseases play in that association. Almost 3,000 adults with an average age of 74 and living in the Kungsholmen district in central Stockholm were followed for up to 11 years. Of those, 364 people developed dementia. The annual average level of particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in width (PM2.5) are considered low compared to international standards.

"Interestingly, we were able to establish harmful effects on human health at levels below current air pollution standards," says first author Giulia Grande, researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society at Karolinska Institutet. "Our findings suggest air pollution does play a role in the development of dementia, and mainly through the intermediate step of cardiovascular disease and especially stroke."

Journal Reference:

Giulia Grande, Petter L. S. Ljungman, Kristina Eneroth, Tom Bellander, Debora Rizzuto. Association Between Cardiovascular Disease and Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution With the Risk of Dementia. JAMA Neurology, 2020; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4914


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @04:06PM (40 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @04:06PM (#977643)

    Trump relaxes EPA standards ... Dementia leads to increased air polution.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @04:14PM (37 children)

    Man, see, I drop a perfectly good dumb joke that ain't offensive to anyone and you gotta go make it all shitty political. TDS.

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    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday March 31 2020, @04:44PM (34 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 31 2020, @04:44PM (#977664) Journal

      Leaving Trump out of it, wouldn't the existing higher EPA standards have been better for humans? How are people helped by lowering the standards?

      (I won't mention Trump) but how is allowing higher levels of lead in children's toys helping anyone?

      My point: It seems these acts are only intended to benefit a very tiny selected few at the expense of everyone else. No mater who does this. Just keeping it non-partisan.

      Air Pollution is on topic here. Politicians are the ones to do something about it. Even if it is "inconvenient". When politicians go the wrong direction on air pollution, that is worth pointing out, even in a humorous or ironic way. Air Pollution is part of the EPA's job.

      Saying "TDS" is simply an attempt to dismiss legitimate concerns or observations. Every time I hear "TDS" I read it as someone who is secretly embarrassed about the latest thing coming from the administration.

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      • (Score: 2, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:09PM (28 children)

        What's any of that got to do with spoiling a perfectly good dumb joke though? What you should hear when you read "TDS" is "Oh, fuck, someone who's going to blame the zit on their nose on Trump or call him Literally Hitler for scratching his own nose". This shit is a very real, very common phenomenon.

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        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by PiMuNu on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:12PM (19 children)

          by PiMuNu (3823) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:12PM (#977674)

          For foreigners, I have figured out what SJW means. What does TDS mean?

          • (Score: 5, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:20PM (15 children)

            Trump Derangement Syndrome. Folks who lost their entire minds that he got elected and have been in a constant fit of sanity-destroying rage about it ever since.

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            • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:02PM

              by PiMuNu (3823) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:02PM (#977723)

              Thanks!

            • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @08:36PM (6 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @08:36PM (#977755)

              Oh, so it doesn't refer to the constrant fits of sanity-destroying rage that led to the election of Trump? I always got it backwards then.

              • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:08PM (4 children)

                Run someone who doesn't suck so horribly that Donald Fucking Trump kicks their ass if it hurts you that badly.

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                • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @01:50PM (3 children)

                  by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 01 2020, @01:50PM (#978021) Journal

                  I can't fault what you say. It is true.

                  However it seems an attempt to excuse the other party for running someone as awful as Trump.

                  It's hypocrisy at its finest. Don't do the bad thing that I did.

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                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:35PM (1 child)

                    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:35PM (#978061) Journal

                    However it seems an attempt to excuse the other party for running someone as awful as Trump.

                    Successfully, we should note. For all the awfulness of Trump, he was what Republican voters wanted in the 2016 nomination. Meanwhile Democrats apparently wanted someone like Clinton or Sanders. No use complaining about hypocrisy under such circumstances.

                    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @04:01PM

                      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 01 2020, @04:01PM (#978079) Journal

                      Can't argue with that.

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                  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday April 03 2020, @05:57AM

                    That's because he was better than the tools the Republicans ran as well. Me, I voted for the stoner on the grounds that I don't want to be sober anymore if this is the best we can do.

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              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:46AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:46AM (#977917)

                No that was ODS. Similar but not as infectious and a lower mortality rate.

            • (Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:10PM (3 children)

              by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:10PM (#977776)

              Stupider things have happened than the election of Trump - the Re-election of W. for instance.

              What will be amazing is if we manage to re-elect a man who can't even properly read a teleprompter, who consistently demonstrates the maturity of a toddler combined with the mental acuity of an Alzheimer's patient, a man who you can only depend on to criticize others for what he himself does more and worse.

              But, hey, we got some fiscal responsibility, and tax cuts, and reductions in those frivolous big government things like healthcare and the CDC, and now we have the single biggest cash handout in the history of the world to go with it. But, as my mom says, that's not his fault, he's doing the best he can. Yeah mom, he is doing the best he can, shouldn't we elect somebody who can do better? (Like, anybody selected at random?)

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              • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:35PM (2 children)

                Dude, just run someone who's not so colossally shitty that Donald Fucking Trump is a better alternative. It's really not that difficult of a thing to find. Hell, it's not even hard to find among registered Democrats. It's pretty fucking nonexistent among national-level Democrat politicians though.

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                • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday April 01 2020, @12:48AM (1 child)

                  by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday April 01 2020, @12:48AM (#977861)

                  It's pretty fucking nonexistent among national-level Democrat politicians though.

                  No shit. National level Republicans too for that matter, which is how we landed the great Cheeto.

                  I met Rubio face-to-face a few months before his first senate run, he delivered a sympathetic and message of hope speech to a parents' group. A more obvious two faced liar I have yet to meet.

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            • (Score: 4, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:17PM (2 children)

              by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:17PM (#977781)

              Wow, that's the exact same definition as ODS (Obama Derangement Syndrome).

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          • (Score: 4, Touché) by captain normal on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:05PM (1 child)

            by captain normal (2205) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:05PM (#977726)

            According to the Urban Dictionary it means "Trump Defender Syndrome".
            https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TDS [urbandictionary.com]

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            • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:24PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:24PM (#977731)

              That definition won the popular vote, but still loses.

          • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @08:20PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 31 2020, @08:20PM (#977746)

            Looked it up: Total dissolved solids

        • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:44PM (2 children)

          by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:44PM (#977690) Journal

          Climate science denial IS political.

          Making a political joke then complaining that someone else makes a different political joke seems a bit hypocritical.

        • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:07PM (1 child)

          by captain normal (2205) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @07:07PM (#977727)

          Sorry Buzz, it was more like a dumb bad joke.

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        • (Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:45PM (2 children)

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 31 2020, @09:45PM (#977802) Journal

          What's any of that got to do with spoiling a perfectly good dumb joke though?

          Many of my good dumb jokes get spoiled by the silly requirement that the source code must actually compile successfully.

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      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:46PM (3 children)

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @05:46PM (#977692)

        wouldn't the existing higher EPA standards have been better for humans

        Better than what? The EPA is notoriously toothless, more an organization to point to when people shout "why aren't we doing something?!?" than actually trying to protect health / environment from industry. Like all such organizations, it has also become a bludgeon to smack people around with, people who aren't in the good graces of those in charge.

        Sometimes, like the Deepwater Horizon, industry will screw up so badly that they let themselves out of the good graces of the politicians, but even then the repercussions are weak tea compared to the profits generated by operating with "acceptable risk."

        On balance, we're better off with the EPA than we would have been with nothing, it has been a long time since a river caught fire, but they draw the ire of business far too easily and the politicians are too quick to smack the EPA around to win points with businesses who are far more important to their political future than something as nebulous as "people's health."

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        • (Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 31 2020, @06:05PM

          by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @06:05PM (#977703) Journal
        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:46PM (1 child)

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:46PM (#978067) Journal

          The EPA is notoriously toothless

          Spoken like someone who hasn't had the EPA fuck him over yet. I guess your property doesn't have wetlands.

          The EPA is toothless until you trip over one of the conditions that allow for its interference. Then it grows a lot of teeth.

          On balance, we're better off with the EPA than we would have been with nothing

          Maybe. It's definitely responsible for an order of magnitude or more drop in pollution since the 1960s. But it's also responsible for a huge portion of the growth in federal government level regulation and helping to move industry to the developing world.

          • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday April 01 2020, @05:53PM

            by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday April 01 2020, @05:53PM (#978112)

            Toothless was an overly simplified analogy.... Toothless like an old buffalo: when your are mouse sized by comparison, the toothless EPA buffalo can dump a very hurtful load of shit on your head. However, the toothless old buffalo isn't much threat to Texas Longhorn Bulls that outweigh it 10:1 (being, of course, oil companies and the political power they wield, as compared to the EPA's budget, manpower, and political backing - maybe 100:1 is a more accurate ratio.)

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      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday March 31 2020, @10:22PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday March 31 2020, @10:22PM (#977815) Journal

        Saying "TDS" is simply an attempt to dismiss legitimate concerns or observations. Every time I hear "TDS" I read it as someone who is secretly embarrassed about the latest thing coming from the administration.

        Uh-huh. But throwing "racist!" around at every occasion, every place, constantly, at everyone, doesn't dismiss legitimate concerns or observations at all. It's only the baddies who dismiss what the wholesome goodies say, and never the other way around.

        We could suppose, as a thought experiment, that we lock everyone away in a glass pod forever, to keep them safe. Somebody suggests we might want to leave the pod every once in a while when it's a fine day with blues skies and sunshine. But of the 7 billion people on Earth doing that, two get stung by bees and die of anaphylactic shock, so now we cry, "Oh the Humanity! Why, Good Christ, would anyone ever want to leave their pod?!!! The sick, sick, evil men who suggested we leave our pods should be burned, BURNED, I say!"

        It's a ridiculous example, but meant to underscore a serious point that everything in life has a cost-benefit analysis, and just because somebody else calculated it differently than we did doesn't mean either party is necessarily right or wrong. So it is with regulations.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @08:22PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @08:22PM (#978144)

      Hah! Look at you getting all triggered over someone making a very on-point joke about Trump's incompetence and corruption. It isn't "political" to point out facts, you're just the legit TDS suffered (the phrase works both ways) who gets worked up about any criticism of Trump. Seriously, you mock him as an idiot but then shout TDSTDSTDS every time someone criticizes him.

      Big fat rolling eyes over here at your personal outrage #snowflake #asleep

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @05:03AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @05:03AM (#977934)

    I am upset that Trump relaxed the EPA standards and overturned some good sane environmental laws during his presidency (ie the one(s) Obama passed like the water protection law. It's like he rolled that back just to spite Obama and for no other reason other than the fact that Obama passed it. Petty). While I am not a democrat and I am a strong believer in free market capitalism there are a few exceptions. One of them is the environment. Free markets assume individuals and businesses act in their own best interest and that means they don't care about the interests of the environment. The environment is important and someone needs to ensure that its interests are considered. That someone has to be the government.

    The problem is that Biden is a crook. Trump is incompetent and Biden is a crook. The corrupt (pro IP) media wanted Biden from the beginning because he's their puppet. CNN pretty much seems to consider Biden a saint and that is far from the truth. He is corrupt and until CNN can acknowledge this I will not take them seriously on the matter.

    It sickens me. Even though I am not a democrat I kinda wanted a different president. But I would have preferred any of the other candidates over Biden. Instead the media pretty much chose Biden and most of the other candidates that dropped out endorsed him. I guess they are just as bought as he is.

    I don't want Trump to remain president. But I don't want Biden to take his place either. I can't decide which evil is worse.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:50PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:50PM (#978068) Journal

      e the one(s) Obama passed like the water protection law. It's like he rolled that back just to spite Obama and for no other reason other than the fact that Obama passed it. Petty)

      US Presidents do not pass law and this [cnbc.com] wasn't a law. And I think it a valuable lesson for you to learn that what one president does, another can undo. As to the alleged reason above? It's a good reason. I'm fine with most of Obama's tricks getting reversed. It was dumb letting him get away with ruling by decree in the first place.