Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson’s Rate Linked
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
People with long-term low-level exposure to pesticides have a 70% higher incidence of Parkinson’s disease than people who have not been exposed much to bug sprays, U.S. researchers have reported.
Such people include farmers, ranchers and fishermen, the researchers report in the July issue of Annals of Neurology. Their study supports previous research that links pesticides with Parkinson’s, which is caused by the destruction of key brain cells, the team at the Harvard School of Public Health said.
