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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mark Waghorn

Air pollution ‘causes brain damage raising risk of depression and autism in children’, new study shows

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Exposure to polluted air in the womb and during the first eight and a half years of a child’s life can alter the brain, according to a new study.

The research, published in the Environmental Pollution journal, has established an association between air pollution and white matter microstructure.

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