‘Air pollution’ particles linked to Alzheimer’s found in human brain

moleculesNEW YORK: Tiny magnetic particles produced by car engines and brakes can travel into the human brain and may trigger Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have warned.

Researchers at Lancaster, Oxford and Manchester Universities discovered microscopic spheres of the mineral magnetite in the brains of 37 people in Manchester and Mexico who had suffered neurodegenerative disease.

Full story covered in the Dementia Business Weekly.