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Exposure to environmental toxins can cause neurological disorders

Exposure to environmental toxins can cause neurological disorders

At a conference held this Sunday, October 23 in Annual meeting of the American Society of Neurology Organized in Chicago, where scientists have looked at the relationship between environmental toxins – such as air pollution, pesticides or even microplastics – and neurological disorders, Guardian reports.

According to researchers, humans can encounter over 80,000 toxic chemicals in their daily life. This number is as it is “Its almost impossible to determine their individual effects on a person, or even their cumulative effects on the nervous system throughout life”British Daily Reports.

However, there are indications that prolonged exposure to environmental toxins has an impact on health. In the United States, for example, low-income families are more likely to be exposed to pollutants due to Unsanitary housing, water or near polluted roads and industrial facilities. Research has shown much higher rates of cancers and respiratory diseases in these communities subject to a greater number of environmental constraints.

A large number of unknown factors

But what about the possible link between pollutants and neurological disorders? Also, according to the researchers, we still know very little. But the scientific community “There is growing agreement that genes and aging do not fully explain the sharp increase in previously rare diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease.”, says the Guardian. Thus, increased exposure to environmental toxins could explain this development.

“Neuroscience is about 15 years behind cancer. So we need to sound the alarm about this and get more people to do research.”Francis Jensen, MD, professor and chair of the department of neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine in Pennsylvania, said at the conference. “It’s like dark matter, there are many unknown factors… It would really be an epic exploration using our most advanced science.”

Thus the research could make it possible to explain, among other things, why people who live in neighborhoods where air pollution levels are high, for example, are at greater risk of stroke than others.

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