New research by British scientists has found an association between poor air quality and impaired cognitive ability in children in India in their first two years of life.
The findings suggests that poor air quality may have a negative impact on infants’ visual cognition during the first two years of their lives.
The study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of East Anglia, Durham University, Brown University, and the Community Empowerment Lab in India, investigated the relationship between in-home air quality and cognitive development in rural Indian families.
It focused on measuring particulate matter with a diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), a type of air pollution commonly produced by burning solid fuels such as cow dung and wood….