科学家发现雾霾在让中国人变傻，男人傻得更快
<p>你能说出几种空气污染的名字？</p><p>光化学烟雾（<span word="smog">smog</span>）、煤烟（<span word="soot">soot</span>）、臭氧（<span word="ozone">ozone</span>），绝大部分人都知道这些东西会伤害我们的肺，但很少有人知道这些东西也在让人变蠢。</p><p>根据一项前不久新发布的研究，研究者们发现长期暴露在空气污染中会让人的认知能力退化，而且这种效果会随着时间推移更加严重，甚至会增加你患痴呆和阿尔茨海默病的风险。</p><p>发表这篇研究的是《美国国家科学院院刊》（<span word="Proceedings">Proceedings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span>）</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="kids">kids</span>, <span word="harming">harming</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="brains">brains</span>.</p><p>科学家们此前已经发现，暴露在污染空气中会缩短人的寿命，并且对小孩的身体和大脑发育不利。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="shows">shows</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="stop">stop</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="age">age</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="group">group</span>: <span word="less">less</span>-<span word="educated">educated</span> <span word="men">men</span>.</p><p>而这项新研究则是有史以来第一次发现，空气污染的坏处还不仅于此。而且这种负面作用会随着我们的年龄增长越来越严重，并且在一个特定群体身上尤为明显：低教育程度的男性。</p><p>这项研究的主导者认为，这会让晚年脑部疾病的治疗变得更贵，也会让养老问题变得更加复杂。</p>
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