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This is your brain on air pollution

María Neira · TED

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Air pollution knows no borders -- even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all your major organs (including your brain) and calls on both the public and those in power to take action to stop the sources of pollution.

The talk

  1. This is your brain on air pollution 13 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDSummit 2019
Speaker
María Neira
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Earth and environment, Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
Who can watch
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