The peer-reviewed study contributes to mounting evidence that the fine particulates PM2.5 are detrimental for memory and cognition for people of all ages.
The study’s senior author, Caleb Finch, has examined air pollution’s effects on the brain for several years.
USC Dornsife’s Paulina Oliva is developing tools to help policymakers understand how air pollution affects communities in disparate ways.
The Keck School of Medicine of USC study underscores the need to dramatically reduce air pollution.
Policy Influencer Jiachen Zhang brings expertise in computational modeling and science-based public policy to her new role at the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
EARTH MONTH: The nation’s highest court is considering putting a hold on a clean air rule that requires upwind states to reduce pollution affecting their downwind neighbors. USC environmental law expert Robin Craig weighs in.
The race to mine American lithium at the Salton Sea is intensifying, but USC experts caution against potential environmental health impacts in a region already burdened by poverty and air pollution.
The USC study also suggests that prenatal depression, with disrupted immune and hormonal functions, could make the case worse.
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that everyday air pollution can alter brain development patterns in adolescents.
Research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that air pollution particles activate a cellular defense mechanism that may reduce the ability of cells to fight off other harms.
