Guest guest Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 At 12:37 PM 6/1/07, you wrote: >Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Pesticide-Free Garden >Pesticide exposure increases risk of Parkinson's disease, study says > >A new study from researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland >concludes that pesticide exposure increases the risk of getting >Parkinson's disease, a degenerative condition affecting the nervous >system. Patients from five European countries participated in the study, >published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, which >found that people who had been exposed to low levels of pesticides were 13 >percent more likely to develop Parkinson's than those who had not, and >those exposed to high levels of pesticides, such as farmers or >pesticide-factory workers, faced a 41 percent higher risk. Last year, a >comprehensive Harvard study also found a connection between elevated risk >and regular exposure to pesticides. The Aberdeen study noted that >Parkinson's risk could also increase due to head trauma. Getting knocked >out once increased risk some 35 percent and getting knocked out twice or >more increased it by more than two times. See, it never pays to leave the >padded cell. > >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] > >straight to the source: The Times, Nigel Hawkes, 30 May 2007 > >straight to the source: The Telegraph, 31 May 2007 > >straight to the source: Louth Leader, Press Association, 30 May 2007 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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