Ambient particulate air pollution
Intervention1 paper2 findings
- Humans1
Associations
2White matter hyperintensity burden
upin humans1Low certainty
1 study
White matter hyperintensity burden
upin humans1Low certainty
Ambient particulate air pollution is associated with white matter hyperintensity burden in humans.
Humansbrainn = 4,276
Air pollution linked to faster brain tissue loss in adults · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 6 Oct 2026
Global and regional grey matter volume
downin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Global and regional grey matter volume
downin humans1Low certainty
Ambient particulate air pollution is associated with global and regional grey matter volume in humans.
Humansbrainn = 4,276
Air pollution linked to faster brain tissue loss in adults · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 6 Oct 2026
Latest
1Air pollution linked to faster brain tissue loss in adults
An observational study followed brain scans from 4,276 middle-aged and older adults, linking higher exposure to particle pollution with faster grey…An observational study followed brain scans from 4,276 middle-aged and older adults, linking higher exposure to particle pollution with faster grey matter loss.