Air pollution can cause strokes and raise anxiety, researchers say
AIR pollution caused by road traffic and industry can trigger strokes and raise anxiety levels, studies show.
Air pollution can increase the risk of stroke and anxiety
Smoking and obesity are known risk factors but scientists at Edinburgh University who analysed 103 surveys from 28 countries discovered a link between stroke-related hospital admissions and deaths and levels of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide gases and fine particles in the air.
A US study of 71,000 women by Johns Hopkins and Harvard universities looked at their exposure to particulate air pollution and found a positive link, with those who lived closer to major roads experiencing higher levels of anxiety.
The findings are published in the British Medical Journal.