Do Diesel Emissions Cause Brain Damage?

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Do Diesel Emissions Cause Brain Damage? - By: GARKO, Posted on: 2008-05-21

If you were hoping that diesel was the solution for alternative energy for the future, please factor this into your equation Inhaled diesel exhaust triggers a stress reaction in the brain. This type of reaction might result in damaging brain damage in the long term for folks that live.
The itsy bitsy bits of soot can travel up the nose and lodge in the brain. It is conceivable that this invasion could interfere with routine brain performance and information processing.
10 male test subjects, aged 18 to 39, were told to go into in a gas chamber(?) which was then filled with exhaust from a diesel engine for one hour. After about half of that hour had passed, EEG brain wave patterns showed a reaction, is suggesting to researches changes in information processing at the cortex of the brain.
As it turns out, inhaling polluted air over the long term not only increases your potential of being afflicted with lung cancer or heart and lung disease, it could also increase your risk of nerve and brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, according to this new study.
How does your brain respond to particles of pollution?
A study recently published discovered that the poisoning by molecules of diesel exhaust causes oxidative stress-mediated inflammation in your brain cortex. (It has been considered true for a while now that inflammation is the primary causative element in both cardiac and systemic afflications from inhalation of diesel fumes.)
Your brain has a high level of sensitivity to damage caused by oxidative stress.
For example, oxidative stress seems to contribute a degree of negative impact in the causation of conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
This type of pressure in the brain cortex also appears to be present in various other psycho-pathological ailments including:
headaches
post-traumatic stress disorder
"burnout"
concussions and such
Researchers are finding that it is primarily the beta waves that are impacted, not the theta, alpha or delta waves.
What is the significance of that?
Well, here is "brain science 101" (please assure me you won't leave here and perform brain surgery on anyone after this short intro), the electronic waves in your brain range from the most activity to the least activity. Those waves classified as beta are activated when your brain is at its most awakened and aggressively engaged in mental activities. These waves are the fastest of the four brainwaves.
When you are in active dialogue with someone, you're in beta. A debater, preacher or instructor is in high beta (with the exception of Bush). Right at this moment, I hope that I have you in beta. It's certainly not a brain function you can do well without. Those actively working to forward the agenda known as the "dumbing down of America" - they would certainly want to impede your beta waves. But that is a different subject, eh?
The special photography used in the tests conducted showed clearly how the left portion of the frontal cortex is shown as brighter on the test subjects who were exposed to diesel fumes, compared to the control group.
They postulate this effect could be getting caused by the existence of nanoparticles.
Bottom line is that contaminated particles from diesel and other sources in the air are a serious concern that means hazards for both your body and your brain.
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Songwriter, entrepreneur, consumer advocate and activist, GARKO, is on a mission to save you from having to invent a car that runs on water and has good news that a water powered car is now reality and is one of the best tips on what you can do to save on gas consumption For a list of current gasoline prices in your neighborhood email garko@startlingdiscoveries.info