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submitted 10 months ago by Gamers_Mate@kbin.social to c/science@lemmy.world

Volunteers in the U.K. are inhaling pollutants to help scientists understand why air pollution has long been linked to dementia.

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[-] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

No fucking way is this the best and safest way to conductvthat trial o.O

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 9 points 10 months ago

It's definitely the best. Human testing will always be the best method.

But, it's typically extremely unethical.

[-] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Definitely not the safest but the method that works.
I would not volunteer no matter how much I got paid though.
It is concerning the circumstances people had that made this seem like an option though.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

It is the best way to ~~get high~~ conduct the trial

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

what? are those volunteers suffering from dementia to accept this?

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 10 months ago

I'd volunteer to breathe diesel exhaust. But I suspect I've been dropped on the head one too many times when I was a baby.

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