{"id":2721,"date":"2022-04-25T09:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T09:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2022-06-16T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:50:00","slug":"environmental-pollution-and-its-effects-on-the-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatetransform.com\/environmental-pollution-and-its-effects-on-the-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Pollution and Its Effects on the Body"},"content":{"rendered":"
In December 2020, a nine-year-old girl became the first person in Britain to have environmental pollution as her cause of death. The case made history and set a precedent. Ella Kissi-Debrah died from acute respiratory failure, severe asthma and air pollution exposure, said the coroner. He added that air pollution had both induced and exacerbated Ella\u2019s severe asthma.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pollution kills millions of people every year, even though it is rarely blamed as the cause of death.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Ella\u2019s death may be the start of a much-needed recognition of environmental pollution’s detrimental health impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n Pollution has been associated with multiple diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). This includes Parkinson\u2019s disease, Alzheimer’s, strokes and other neuro-developmental disorders. Scientists have shown that air pollutants can \u201ceasily translocate to the CNS where they can activate innate immune responses\u201d, according to one major study in the National Library of Medicine.<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There is also a growing body of evidence that links air pollution to increased risk of cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric disorders. A 2020 study on the issue called for urgent measures to reduce disease and premature mortality from ambient air pollution.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In January 2020, the British Heart Foundation<\/a> said that deaths attributed to air pollution could exceed 160,000 over the next decade in the UK unless the government took urgent action.<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nEnvironmental pollution and the nervous system<\/h2>\n