PARIS: Microscopic particles, possibly from air pollution, have been found in human brain tissue, according to a new study which flagged an Alzheimer's risk.

The study authors urged further research into any "possible hazard to human health", even as outside experts cautioned it was premature to draw a definitive link between the particles and neurodegenerative disease.

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