Pollution

A Sense of Place
5th in climate series: Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time

“'We don’t have the space to plant trees, but we have 500,000 rooftops capable of taking the load of a rooftop garden,' says Ahsan Rony, founder of Green Savers based in Dhaka, Bangladesh... Organizations like Urban Greens as well as Schaduf in Cairo and Green Savers in Dhaka are committed to greening [...]

Susan Troyer2021-07-16T00:13:27-05:00July 15th, 2021|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Climate change, Pollution, Sustainable food and farming|0 Comments

A Sense of Place
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s what we’re learning from brain scans

"Because the silent phase of dementia is thought to start decades before the manifestation of symptoms, findings from our recent studies raise concerns that air pollution exposures during mid to early life may be equally or even more important than late-life exposure." Author: Jiu-Chiuan Chen, MD, University of Southern [...]

Susan Troyer2021-04-22T22:03:44-05:00April 21st, 2021|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Aging, Air pollution, Alzheimer’s disease, Brain, Brain health, Dementia, Medicine, PM 2.5, Pollution, Science, Vehicles, Women's health|0 Comments

Pollution

A Sense of Place5th in climate series: Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time

A Sense of PlaceAir pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s what we’re learning from brain scans

A Sense of Place
5th in climate series: Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time

A Sense of Place
Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia risk – here’s what we’re learning from brain scans