<story><title>UBC study links living near highways to risk of neurological disorders</title><url>https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/ubc-study-links-living-near-highways-to-risk-of-neurological-disorders</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cs702</author><text>Direct link to study: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ehjournal.biomedcentral.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.1186&amp;#x2F;s12940-020-0565-4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ehjournal.biomedcentral.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;10.1186&amp;#x2F;s12940-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The researchers found the link between living near highways and future neurological disorders to be independent of income, education, ethnicity, comorbidity, and coexisting medical conditions associated with future neurological disorders (traumatic brain injury, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, and arrhythmia).</text></comment>
<story><title>UBC study links living near highways to risk of neurological disorders</title><url>https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/ubc-study-links-living-near-highways-to-risk-of-neurological-disorders</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Brakenshire</author><text>Anyone living near a busy road is swimming in particulate matter on the micrometre and nanometre scale, and particles on that scale bypass the normal defences, get into the blood stream and saturate the body. Small particles can even move down nerves, it’s really not surprising that long term exposure causes neurological problems.</text></comment>