Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia • Hacker News Board

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by hourislate » Fri, May 10, 2019, 4:58 PM UTC

siliconunit wrote: post #9

As far as anecdotes go, since I moved to London I noticed a sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness, developed a random persistent cough as well. The fact that you can always see a heavy haze even in short tube tunnels tells a lot on the air quality, the last underground cleaning train stopped working in the eighties...very unhealthy place to live/work in my opini…

Have you thought about setting up a cheap 20x20 box fan with a HEPA filter in your home/apartment (California Wildfire Setup), air quality can be worse inside. It may be able to create an environment where you can recover a little everyday.

Here is a demonstration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8Yink0czc

I myself run one in my home but just place the filter behind and against the fan allowing the airflow to keep it in place.

Works wonders and I can see a noticeable difference in air quality and sleep (allergens, odors, etc)

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by shrimp_emoji » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:08 PM UTC

darepublic wrote: post #3

hattar wrote: post #2

What is going on with all the air pollution articles hitting HN this week? This is the 4th(?) I’ve seen in about 3 days. Any tech topic and I might not think about it, but air purification doesn’t really seem to be the kind of topic I’d expect to see so much here.

A lot of HN news has to do with improving/preserving cognition, that's the connection that I see.

That and even relatively smart people aren't above health neuroticism.

"$BAD_THING might happen to you watch out!" Omg. Might need one of these[0]; they say this one's a good model.

0: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FYWU2IS/?pldnSite=1

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:10 PM UTC

siliconunit wrote: post #9

As far as anecdotes go, since I moved to London I noticed a sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness, developed a random persistent cough as well. The fact that you can always see a heavy haze even in short tube tunnels tells a lot on the air quality, the last underground cleaning train stopped working in the eighties...very unhealthy place to live/work in my opini…

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Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by dsfyu404ed » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:10 PM UTC

stephen_g wrote: post #8

minikites wrote: post #7

Lead in particular is nasty and still in use for aviation fuel: >the most commonly used grades of avgas still contain tetraethyllead (TEL), a toxic substance used to prevent engine knocking (detonation), with ongoing experiments aimed at eventually reducing or eliminating the use of TEL in aviation gasoline

Definitely, but it’s worth noting for people who are unfamiliar - avgas isn’t jet fuel - it’s only used in small piston planes, not anything with turbine engines. It’s still a problem because there are plenty of that kind of aircraft, but most commercial aviation isn’t using leaded fuel.

>It’s still a problem because there are plenty of that kind of aircraft,

Yeah. But those aircraft don't tend to inhabit the airspace around cities. Pretty much all small commercial aviation in the lower 48 is going to be running turboprops that use normal jet fuel (basically diesel). A suburban airport that actually has a meaningful GA presence is going to put far more lead into the air.

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by shrimp_emoji » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:10 PM UTC

harlanji wrote: post #25

I definitely notice myself degrading since becoming homeless last year, and its like everything I'm newly subjected to causes dementia and Alzheimers--brake dust, poor air quality, plaque in gums. I lived outside during the wild fires, and I mostly sleep near intersections. (And the homeless must suck it up and compete in the fair market without complaint!) I documented myself on a YouTube channel as I could sense ho…

I stalked you, and your resume is great. D:

Are you homeless experimentally or out of necessity?

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by deevolution » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

2Ccltvcm wrote: post #29

deevolution wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hopefully non autonomous driving becomes illegal. Its a lethal weapon and we shouldnt be trusting humans with cars

We should all just become vegetables plugged into the matrix so we can't possibly hurt ourselves or others. We would be valuable vassals providing energy to our overlords. I can't wait for your future.

A very small minority of elite cyber criminals, less than .000001% of the population will ever have the privilage to drive a vehicle manually in this future.

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by dsfyu404ed » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

siliconunit wrote: post #9

As far as anecdotes go, since I moved to London I noticed a sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness, developed a random persistent cough as well. The fact that you can always see a heavy haze even in short tube tunnels tells a lot on the air quality, the last underground cleaning train stopped working in the eighties...very unhealthy place to live/work in my opini…

You're sure it's not just stress from living in London?

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:19 PM UTC

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #14

siliconunit wrote: post #9

As far as anecdotes go, since I moved to London I noticed a sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness, developed a random persistent cough as well. The fact that you can always see a heavy haze even in short tube tunnels tells a lot on the air quality, the last underground cleaning train stopped working in the eighties...very unhealthy place to live/work in my opini…

> sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness Are you in your thirties?

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Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by nan0 » Fri, May 10, 2019, 5:22 PM UTC

distant_hat wrote: post #35

deevolution wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hopefully non autonomous driving becomes illegal. Its a lethal weapon and we shouldnt be trusting humans with cars

But then you'd be trusting software developers with cars. What if a botnet of cars activates and tries to mow down everybody around?

You must have read Seeker by Douglas E Richards :)

Re: Air Pollution Seems to Cause Dementia

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Post by xiphias2 » Fri, May 10, 2019, 6:03 PM UTC

siliconunit wrote: post #9

As far as anecdotes go, since I moved to London I noticed a sharp decrease in memory performance, heavy hair loss, and a general feeling of unhealthiness, developed a random persistent cough as well. The fact that you can always see a heavy haze even in short tube tunnels tells a lot on the air quality, the last underground cleaning train stopped working in the eighties...very unhealthy place to live/work in my opini…

I suggest you to move to other city / country as fast as possible. For me the same thing started in my late 20s, and now in my 30s all my life is about finding places where the air pollution is very low, as for my body it became impossible to detoxify even a small amount of air pollution. You're getting a chronic disease, and there's no way back for now.