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Pollution may be doing a number on your brain. That is according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.  Researchers looked at data from a study of nearly 20,000 United States women between the ages of 70 and 81 years old. 

They then compared the information to data on pollution levels in these women's hometowns.  Then, they tested the women's memory and thinking skills at different periods of time.  Researchers found the more pollution a woman was exposed to, the faster these skills declined. 

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