Do Wood Burning Stoves Increase Dementia Risk?

Swedish researchers monitored the health status of 1,806 individuals for nearly twenty years and found that participants who lived in areas with a higher utilization of wood-burning stoves had an elevated risk for dementia. Though further research is necessary, the results suggest that exposure to air pollution from wood-burning stoves may be an independent risk factor for dementia.  PLOS ONE, June 2018