Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis
▻https://futurism.com/health-medicine/chemical-causing-alzheimers-disease-brain-damage-tires
If you drive, your car’s tires are shredding more than just tread: they may be mincing up our grey matter too.
New research by a team in China discovered an alarming link between a chemical commonly found in tires and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The chemical, called #6PPD-Q, is formed when fine tire particles meet ozone. That happens anytime new chunks of tire are exposed to the air, meaning the particle may be nearly ubiquitous in car-heavy environments.
According to the findings, recently published in the journal Open Medicine, when the ozone-treated chemical meets our #brain cells, it can cause oxidative stress — wear and tear, basically — and inflammation, while also reducing how effectively individual cells “communicate” with one another. These factors strongly correlate to the development of early-stage Alzheimer’s, suggesting anyone who regularly comes into contact with rubber tires may be inadvertently exposing themselves to brain-altering #chemicals.
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