RE: Pesticide and Parkinson's Disease

[Guest guest]

Alisa,

Some of us who do research in this field believe that there is a good chance

that pesticides can cause chronic neurological diseases such as Parkinson's.

As far as I know there is not much funding available. There are some past

studies done by the Army in the 60s and 70s showing a link.

Incidence of Parkinson's disease in Migrant and Seasonal farmworkers should

also be looked at. The difficulty in studying this rate is that once a

migrant farmworker is D(x) with this, he or she typically would stay at

their home base and discontinue farm work.

Good Luck

EH

-----Original Message-----

From: alisa sinjur [mailto:ASINJUR@...]

Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:55 AM

Subject: [ ] Pesticide and Parkinsons Disease

Hi everyone

I am trying to find out whether there is a need for

research on the incidents of Parkinsons disease in

farmworkers as a result of pesticide exposure?

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Alisa Sinjur

asinjur@...

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