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Dementia rates in Miami Dade are among the highest in the country while Utah is on the low end. What is striking is that Utah has worse air quality, which is a known risk factor, yet still shows lower prevalence. Why is that?
Perhaps there are more elderly people in Miami-Dade. What we should be asking is why aren't countries like China, India, and a lot of others in Asia suffering catastrophic rates of Dementia?
Dementia rates in Miami Dade are among the highest in the country while Utah is on the low end. What is striking is that Utah has worse air quality, which is a known risk factor, yet still shows lower prevalence. Why is that?
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Not sure - it may very well be a different kind of pollution, but the raw PM2.5 values definitely look scary fast with any kind of "dry" cooking where you're browning anything
The raw PM2.5 values also skyrocket with just boiling tap water, on my Ikea Vindstyrka. Which makes me question how useful it is, presumably even with "dry" cooking a lot of meats and vegetables have water in them? https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vindstyrka-air-quality-sensor-s...
And sure, yes, it's just water and its entirely plausible that water based PM2.5 is completely harmless... but wouldn't it be good to know that for sure?
What level of PM2.5 are they considering? I cannot read the full study
[1] https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-air-pollution-l... polluted place
Dementia rates in Miami Dade are among the highest in the country while Utah is on the low end. What is striking is that Utah has worse air quality, which is a known risk factor, yet still shows lower prevalence. Why is that?
Perhaps there are more elderly people in Miami-Dade. What we should be asking is why aren't countries like China, India, and a lot of others in Asia suffering catastrophic rates of Dementia?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:China_population_sex_by...
https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2...
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I'm on that boat. Though no one denies that the climate changes (but rather argue the about degree of human contribution and climate warming), destroying the beauty of nature and polluting the environment should go against global human conscience.
“The climate is always changing” Yes, those people are mostly imbeciles. They argue that because Obama has a house near the ocean… and because people fly… You can have a discussion with them but be prepared to start over in the same place the next time the subject comes up.
Maybe try listening to them. After all, scientists did switch from "global warming" to an unspecific term like "climate change", which gives them a reason for distrust. Same for other aspects of scientific notion, like distrust against scientists when they and politicians tried to cover up information on COVID and COVID vaccines.
Only so much you can do about ambient pollution in your city. Looking carefully at your cooking situation is worthwhile though. Was horrified by the spike in readings from stuff like steak in a pan
An air purifier is pretty cheap and will cut down on indoor pollution from cooking a lot. Or at least that’s how it seemed from the somewhat unreliable sensor I was using. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-air-purifier...
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“The climate is always changing” Yes, those people are mostly imbeciles. They argue that because Obama has a house near the ocean… and because people fly… You can have a discussion with them but be prepared to start over in the same place the next time the subject comes up.
I think it's imbecile for self-righteous people to not spare a few moments of patience to politely try to correct those who were exposed to wrong information that caters to their bias. It's almost guaranteed that you also believe some sort of ridiculous conspiracy or bias, just like everyone else. Maybe try listening to them. After all, scientists did switch from "global warming" to an unspecific term like "climate c…
They’re imbeciles!
By the way, it’s still global warming but that was causing some confusion to some people because the weather locally might be cooler, warmer, wetter, dryer, etc.
Hence, climate change seems to better convey what people actually see.
Should we review what climate scientists actually said in the 1970s next?
What’s your favorite anecdotal (ie non science) story you go to?
> Long-term exposure accelerates the development of Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease with dementia in people who are predisposed to the conditions.
I think it's entirely possible (perhaps even likely) that this is true. But the paper does not show it.
