The air quality in India’s national capital, Delhi, and financial capital, Mumbai, is extremely terrible. As the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reports that New Delhi’s air quality index in Anand Vihar has reached an alarming severity level of 418, a new study by Arizona’s Barrow Neurological Institute claims that air pollution air is associated with a 56% increased risk of developing Parkinson’s. illness, according to the PTI news agency.
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- What does the study say?
- When did the above investigation take place and what did it reveal?
- How is it going to affect people?
What does the study say?
As per CPCB data at 3 pm, Mumbai AQI in BKC is poor (208), Kalyan (205), Thane (121), Pune (134), Nashik (205), Navi Mumbai (286) and Hyderabad (126 ). The ICA was reported to be extremely poor or severe in most areas of the national capital. Anand Vihar (418), IGI Airport (330), Punjabi Bagh (380) and ITO (328) had an AQI of 389.
In their research, the American researchers identified more than 90,000 people with neurological diseases from a Medicare data set of approximately 22 million people.
When did the above investigation take place and what did it reveal?
Previous research has shown that small particles, or PM2.5, can trigger inflammation in the brain, which is “a known mechanism by which Parkinson’s disease may develop,” according to the institute’s principal investigator, Brittany Krzyzanowski. The study, published in the journal Neurology, found that the association between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease is not the same in all parts of the country, as it varies in strength depending on location.
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Meanwhile, according to SAFAR-India statistics at 6 am, the air quality of the national capital (New Delhi) remained “very poor” for the fourth consecutive day, with pollution levels in parts of the city entering the “severe” zone.
According to the report, following the findings, they calculated the annual average concentrations of fine particles in these specific regions and were able to identify an association between a person’s prior exposure to fine particles and their subsequent risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
The Mississippi-Ohio River Valley was identified as a Parkinson’s disease hotspot in the United States, along with North Dakota, sections of Texas, Kansas, eastern Michigan and parts of Florida.
How is it going to affect people?
According to the study, people who lived in the western half of the United States were less likely to have Parkinson’s disease than the rest of the country. “Regional differences in Parkinson’s disease may reflect regional differences in particle composition.” “Some areas may have particles with more toxic components than others,” Krzyzanowski said, according to PTI.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn