Just came from reading an interesting article which tried to establish a link between breathing polluted air and cognitive impairment. You can find the article here.
The researchers basically observed that breathing in an increase in fine-article pollution could be linked to a reduction in brain volume. They even go further to note that such a reduction is of greater magnitude than the amount of brain volume loss that is caused by the loss of neurons that come from aging.
A further point to note is that breathing in polluted air lead to an increased risk of 'silent strokes' which have been associated with poorer cognitive function and dementia.
I don't know about you but this is pretty big news.
It opens up a whole new level of eco-warfare if a country is patient.
It does mean it has to be long term in nature.
Imagine smothering your neighbours for decades and then laughing as their intelligence as a populace deteriorates.
It's lucky for us that such thoughts remain in the realm of fiction doesn't it?
I mean this could never happen in real life right?
Oh wait a minute ....
The researchers basically observed that breathing in an increase in fine-article pollution could be linked to a reduction in brain volume. They even go further to note that such a reduction is of greater magnitude than the amount of brain volume loss that is caused by the loss of neurons that come from aging.
A further point to note is that breathing in polluted air lead to an increased risk of 'silent strokes' which have been associated with poorer cognitive function and dementia.
I don't know about you but this is pretty big news.
It opens up a whole new level of eco-warfare if a country is patient.
It does mean it has to be long term in nature.
Imagine smothering your neighbours for decades and then laughing as their intelligence as a populace deteriorates.
It's lucky for us that such thoughts remain in the realm of fiction doesn't it?
I mean this could never happen in real life right?
Oh wait a minute ....
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| CBD shrouded in haze |
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| Marina Bay Sands shrouded in haze |
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| Merlion shrouded in (you got it) haze |
That's the haze that covers Singapore every June. Why is that so?
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| Forest fires |
Didn't think that Singapore had any forests like these to burn? You'd be right then. It is from our neighbours, the ones that 'provide' us with free oxygen the other 11 months of the year.
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| Thank you for the oxygen?!?! |
Food for thought ain't it? I mean we ought to think about it before the capacity to do so is smoked out of us.
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