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Study Links Pesticides with Parkinson's
(Reuters Health, 6/26/06)
Alberto Ascherio and colleagues at the Harvard School of
Public Health analyzed the results of a 2001 American Cancer
Society survey of 143,325 people. After contacting
participants who noted a Parkinson's diagnosis, the
researchers concluded that farmers, ranchers, fisherman and
other people with long-term, low-level exposure to pesticides
were 70 % more likely to develop this condition than those who
had minimal exposure to such chemicals. These findings suggest
that exposure to pesticides is a risk factor for Parkinson’s,
a disease marked by the death of brain cells.
(Annals of Neurology, July 2006) |
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