# This is your brain on air pollution

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/maria_neira_this_is_your_brain_on_air_pollution)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [This is your brain on air pollution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/maria_neira_this_is_your_brain_on_air_pollution/58a571369205), 13 min (TED's player)