A team from Johns Hopkins conducted a new study to understand that how long-term exposure to air pollution can rob someone of the ability to smell and taste and lead a person in the state of 'anosmia'.
Anosmia is a condition of partial or complete loss of the sense of smell. This can severely impact a person's quality of life, making it extremely difficult to taste foods, detect airborne hazards in the environment, and carry out other functions dependent on the senses.
Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) 2.5 a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air doubles the risk of losing smell, a hallmark of Covid-19, according to a study.The loss of smell, a condition known as .