2018-08-28 17:58:50.623025+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals
The research was conducted in China but is relevant across the world, with 95% of the global population breathing unsafe air. It found that high pollution levels led to significant drops in test scores in language and arithmetic, with the average impact equivalent to having lost a year of the person’s education.
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