Long\u002Dterm exposure to pollution linked to depression, study finds
Researchers in the United Kingdom and China followed nearly 390,000 adults in the U.K. for roughly 11 years and found long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants was associated with a greater risk of depression and anxiety. These pollutants – which include fine particulate matter, nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide – are commonly emitted into the air when fossil fuels are burned for vehicles, power plants, construction equipment and industrial work.
Potential links between pollution and mental health are “clearly a serious issue,” said Cybele Dey, a child and adolescent psychiatrist who serves as co-chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia. Dey, who studies such links in children and teens, pointed to air pollution, increased heat, natural disasters and distress over climate change as potential factors that could have negative effects on mental health.
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