Grist: Each year, around 15 million people globally suffer from strokes and it is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. Scientists have long known that behavioral factors like diet, smoking, and exercise all contribute to those statistics, but now, a new study published in the journal Lancet Neurology names another leading contributor: air pollution.
The study, funded by public health groups in the U.S. and New Zealand, found that environmental and household air pollution was associated with a...