FW: Take action on link between pesticides and Parkinson's

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-----Original Message-----From: United Farm Workers [mailto:ufwofamer@...]Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:20 PM RuizSubject: EPA: Take action on link between pesticides and Parkinson's

EPA: Take action on link between pesticides and Parkinson's! You've been there to help us with pesticide issues in the past. Now we need your help again. In a Nov. 27 story, "Hot on the Parkinson's Trail," the Los Angeles Times reported that "scientists have amassed evidence that long-term exposure to toxic compounds, especially pesticides, can trigger the neurological disease." According to the Times article, "scientists are 'definitely there, beyond a doubt, in showing that environmental toxicants have to be involved' in some cases of Parkinson's disease, said Freya Kamel an epidemiologist with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences." The article also says "scientists have conducted hundreds of animal experiments, at least 40 studies of human patients, and three of human brain tissue. They have found 'a relatively consistent relationship between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's,' british researchers reported."

The article also discussed how "more than 1 billion pounds of herbicides, insecticides and other pest-killing chemicals are used on U.S. farms and gardens and in households. Nearly all adults and children tested have traces of multiple pesticides in their bodies."

It also pointed out that "compounds with little in common, such as a fungicide and an insecticide, apparently can team up to administer a one-two punch, decimating brain cells."

This is a problem we can't ignore. Immediately e-mail the director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Steve . Tell him instead of the current practice of evaluating each chemical in isolation, federal scientists should be looking at the real life scenarios of exposures for everyone--especially farm workers and farmers--which includes exposure to multiple chemicals that can produce cumulative impacts on the body and environment.

Please send your email today!

Take Action at: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/parkinsons

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To read the Los Angeles Times Story go to: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/parkinsons/explanation

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