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Mountain basin air pollution linked to neurodegenerative diseases
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In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely – some didn’t recognize their owners, and the animals’ sleep patterns had changed. At the time, the sprawling, mountain-ringed city of more than 15 million people was known as the most polluted in the world, with a thick, constant haze of fossil fuel…
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Report: Southeastern Colorado residents face highest health risk from climate change
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A new report from the Colorado Health Institute warns that climate change is affecting Coloradans’ health – and those effects vary based on where you live, with residents from Southeastern Colorado facing the highest risks. Released Thursday, the report, “Think Globally, Adapt Locally: Colorado Counties Health and Climate Index,” updates the institute’s first look in 2019 at…