Coal-fired power plants associated with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology

People who lived within 50 km of a coal-fired power plant were 72.9% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease pathology than those living farther away, according to data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.“The exposome doesn’t work alone, but rather, it works in tandem with our genome,” Eleanna Melcher, an MD/PhD candidate at the