Pesticides reason for Manitoba rise in Parkinson's?
3/28/2009 at 1:13 PM
Per the Vancouver Sun article below from earlier this week, cases of Parkinson's disease have rise in Manitoba a dramatic 57% since the late 80's. It's now at the point where 5 out of every 1000 men and 4 out of every 1000 women. Apparently it is more concenrated in the Southwestern corner of the province.
They go on to suggest that one possible cause is increased exposure to pesticides.
Does this sound like a plausible cause to you? and if there is determind to be even a small risk associated with them, should we be doing more to limit usage?
The full story:
http://www.vancouversun.com/Health/Pesticides+blamed+rise+Parkinson+Manitoba+Study/1432284/story.html