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Air pollution can damage our intelligence, study finds

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Video. Air pollution can damage our intelligence, study finds

Updated: 28/08/2018 - 15:52 GMT+2

Exposure to air pollution may impede cognitive ability as people become older, with less-educated men the worst affected, a new study has found.

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