Pesticides and Parkinson’s: Possible Link Must Be Investigated
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on February 23rd, 2010 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Is there a link between the use of occupational pesticides and Parkinson’s disease? That’s what we’d like to know.
People with Parkinson’s disease have been found to have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
A study recently published in the Archives of Neurology found a link between use of pesticides in a person’s occupation, such as farming and other agricultural work, and development of Parkinson’s disease. Three chemical compounds were found to be associated with a three-fold increase in risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
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