Exhaust Smoke Increase Pressure to Human Brain

Toxicology research in University Zuyd, Dutch discovers short exposure to vehicle exhaust smoke is enough to increase the pressure to the human brain.

The research output have showed that fine particles (nanoparticles) in exhaust smoke which were being inhaled will cause changes to the brain activity.

The study was carried out by monitoring the brain activity of two groups of volunteers exposed either to clean air or exhaust smoke for an hour using electroencephalograph (EEG) equipment.

Volunteers were exposed to exhaust smoke seen started to indicate the stress on the brain cortex after 30 minutes.

Exhaust smoke density at the test time is equal to maximum density faced by the public in a busy street.

Prolonged exposure to exhaust smoke impact is not fully certain but claim that it may interferes with the normal brain function including the ability to process new information.

Apart from that, chronic exposure to exhaust smoke also may cause oxidative pressure that already been linked with dementia such as Parkinson and Alzheimer.