Parkinson's Disease is a very limiting, and yet to be fully explained problem...one that may be linked to petrochemical contamination.
People exposed to pesticides at workplace are at a greater risk of suffering from Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder among the aged, a study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) school of public health said Saturday.
“The researchers have found that the combined exposure to ziram, maneb and paraquat (types of pesticides) near any workplace increased the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) threefold, while combined exposure to ziram and paraquat alone was associated with an 80 percent increase in risk,” the study, published in the Science Daily, said.”
Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder common after the age of 50, leads to shaking and difficulty with walking, movement and coordination.
The research comes as a follow-up to the study conducted by UCLA researchers that established a link between the disease and two chemicals commonly sprayed on crops to fight pests.
As one example, Dieldrin... a follow on to DDT that was invented in the 1930s and came into wide use in the US and Europe in the 1950s has been linked to Parkinsons and with Breast Cancer. Its use was stopped by US and EU authorities in the 70s and 80s... but it is not gone!
Dieldrin takes a very long time to break down when in soil and is still found in the leaves of plants in both markets today. Worse, Dieldrin does not break down in water either, in fact it finds its way into silt and mud and is now found in deep water and aquifers world wide.
One example of recently discovered Dieldrin was in Deland Florida in May of 2011... 40+ years after it was banned from use. It was found in more than 20 wells in neighborhoods where cancer rates are above the local norm... is there a link? Historically we would say yes...but of course the state and county health departments are suggesting that there is no connection.
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