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Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease
Pesticide exposure probably increases the risk of early onset of Parkinson's disease. Low-level exposure to a banned but lingering pesticide (dieldrin) seems to accelerate the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms. This is the finding of researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. "Our current study clearly shows that pesticides such as dieldrin appear to accelerate or exacerbate the already underlying disease," said Gary Miller, Ph.D., an associate professor of environmental and occupational health at Emory University. "Pesticides aren't necessarily the causative agents, but they do promote Parkinson's. So it appears the more you are exposed to pesticides, the greater your risk of developing the disease earlier in life." The study found that levels of dieldrin, an organochlorine pesticide developed in the 1940s as an alternative to DDT, were three times higher in the brains of 14 people who had Parkinson's disease than in the brains of 12 people who didn't. Earlier studies at the Harvard School of Public Health found more than 140,000 adults exposed to long-term, low levels of pesticides had a 70 percent higher incidence of Parkinson's disease. Dieldrin is a pesticide and was banned by the EPA in 1987. It can persist in the environment for decades and move up the food chain into humans. Newer pesticides have replaced the older ones and still are at risk for people and animals at causing health problems. For this reason we suggest that as much as possible that people eat organic and maintain an active detox program on the daily basis to prevent accumulation of toxic substances. The BodyHealth products including BodyHealth Complete + Detox, Body Detox, BioBuilde and Metal-Free are useful in this regard.
Source: NewsTarget.com
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