science

17652 readers

461 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

109

Volunteers inhale air pollutants to unpack link to dementia (www.livescience.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

But, it's typically extremely unethical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.