{"id":1511,"date":"2026-03-04T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/long-term-air-pollution-exposure-may-increase-risk-of-developing-ms-study\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:15:33","slug":"long-term-air-pollution-exposure-may-increase-risk-of-developing-ms-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/long-term-air-pollution-exposure-may-increase-risk-of-developing-ms-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term air pollution exposure may increase risk of developing MS: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/04\/long-term-air-pollution-exposure-increase-ms-risk-study\/\" title=\"Long-term air pollution exposure may increase risk of developing MS: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iStock-2245099886-800x533.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A panoramic view of an urban power plant, with multiple tall chimneys and cooling towers emitting thick plumes of smoke.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"159838\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), while short-term exposure may worsen disease activity and disability in people who already have the condition, according to a new study. &#8220;Long-term air pollution exposure was associated with higher MS risk, and short-term exposure with greater disease severity,&#8221; researchers wrote, adding [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/04\/long-term-air-pollution-exposure-increase-ms-risk-study\/\">Long-term air pollution exposure may increase risk of developing MS: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/03\/04\/long-term-air-pollution-exposure-increase-ms-risk-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), while short-term exposure may worsen disease activity and disability in people who already have the condition, according to a new study. &#8220;Long-term air pollution exposure was associated with higher MS risk, and short-term exposure with greater disease severity,&#8221; researchers wrote, adding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}