“Pollution has a clear impact on brain development.”

VALENCIA, June 4. (EUROPE PRESS) –

Scientist Jordi Suñer, winner of the 2024 Jaume I Prize for Clinical Research and Public Health, warns that environmental disruptions on the planet are “affecting human health and will continue to do so in the future.” Thus, this confirms that air pollution has a “significant impact on the development of cognitive abilities, as well as the increase in disorders such as autism, hyperactivity and mental health.”

Sanier received this award for his work that has raised public health to national and international levels of importance by recognizing emerging risk factors for the asthma epidemic, including air pollution and other environmental risk factors. Moreover, his contributions to the development of research protocols and cohort studies created new standards in public health research and policy.

In this regard, he notes in statements to Europa Press the importance of creating an award in the category “Clinical Research and Public Health” to recognize “research on how to prevent disease and how to apply knowledge and methods equitably.” effective for promoting health” and emphasizes that he is “honored” to receive it first. For this reason, he wants to use the award amount to finance the research of young scientists in order to retain talent.

He says his research on an epidemic that occurred in Barcelona in the 1980s sparked his interest in the prevention of neurocognitive diseases. Thus, it points out that although these are complex processes with multiple causes, air pollution has a significant impact on Alzheimer’s disease, including depression and anxiety.

For this reason, the current focus of a cohort study of pregnant women is to examine whether environmental influences on brain development in the early years of life are temporary or whether the damage can be reversed with changes in exposure. although it is too hasty to draw conclusions.