40,000 deaths per year in France linked to exposure to fine particles, 7,000 to nitrogen dioxide, a cardiovascular risk increased by noise or light pollution ... The harmful effects of pollution on human health are no longer to be demonstrated.
But there is a subject that remains in the blind spot of research: pollutants can do significant damage to our brains ... Overview.
Air pollution: autism, Parkinson's and psychiatric illnesses
Pollution affects the neurodevelopment of children.
"The overall evidence of a causal association (...) is increasingly convincing"
between autism and exposure to fine particles PM2.5, indicate experts from Public Health France (SPF) in a review of the literature published in September .
Particularly when the mother is exposed in the first trimester of pregnancy, or the child between 0 and 8 years old.
Data exist concerning attention disorders with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) but
"the evidence remains to be consolidated"
.
Another example, a recent study published in
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