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Parkinson's Disease Linked to Pesticide Exposure

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First Posted: 06-22-09 04:11 PM   |   Updated: 06-22-09 04:52 PM

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Yet another study has linked pesticide exposure to Parkinson's disease, according to Reuters, and this study, published in Annals of Neurology seems to be the best evidence yet that exposure to certain organochlorine insecticides causes Parkinson's disease.

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Yet another study has linked pesticide exposure to Parkinson's disease, according to Reuters, and this study, published in Annals of Neurology seems to be the best evidence yet that exposure to certai...
Yet another study has linked pesticide exposure to Parkinson's disease, according to Reuters, and this study, published in Annals of Neurology seems to be the best evidence yet that exposure to certai...
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- TJCole I'm a Fan of TJCole 160 fans permalink
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My brother has an organic farm here in upstate NY, thank God for that and his growth success is tremendous 25 acres around 10-11 acres fully cultivated just outside Kinderhook NY...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:34 PM on 06/23/2009
- NL207 I'm a Fan of NL207 8 fans permalink

This isn't news. There are studies going back at least 20 years that show this. This is one: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/29/2/323

Anything that can damage the corpus callosum contributes to PD.

Prize fighting contributes to PD. The 'punch drunk' fighter is a poster child for this. Think Muhammad Ali.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 PM on 06/23/2009
- Exusian I'm a Fan of Exusian 25 fans permalink

This is a surprise, given that many pesticides act on the insect nervous system?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:55 AM on 06/23/2009
- BannedNBoston I'm a Fan of BannedNBoston 18 fans permalink

Thats why you never see old crop dusters just middle aged ones.
Thats not a sunburn on aerosmith its a chemical burn.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:26 PM on 06/22/2009
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