[ad_1] Sumi Jaladas crawled out from a doorway on her hands and knees and kneeled in the dirt in front of her corrugated steel home to watch her neighbors in the small village of Jela Para. It had just stopped raining and many women and children were out playing and dancing along a muddy, brick walkway. Most of the men were away fishing in the nearby Bay of Bengal. Jaladas, 40, said she’s never been…
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[ad_1] Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution is linked to an elevated risk of dementia even at levels below the existing US, UK, and European air quality regulations. Exposure to air pollution increases risk of dementia, says new study (Shutterstock) The findings of the study were published by The BMJ. More limited data suggest that exposure to nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxide might also be a risk factor for dementia. Many uncertainties remain,…
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[ad_1] As the minutes ticked down Saturday to the start of a weekend curfew in Kyiv, Lydia Sokolova was one of the few ordinary citizens out on the streets of the Ukrainian capital. Her mission — to feed her son’s cat — was more than worth any risk, she says. At 74, she appears determined not to let the threat of a Russian invasion instil any sense of panic in her. “I am not going…
"For Kyiv residents, even feeding a cat has become a complicated risk as Russia invades Ukraine"