Tex wrote: "If it were Pesticides, then what about all those persons from 1814 (?)" Maryse replied: "Are you referring to the Spanish flue epidemic? It wasn't PD but Parkinsonism, a syndrome which had similarities with PD but wasn't." I'm adding:: AND, the article doesn't at all say, or even imply, the ag pesticides are the ONLY cause of PD! Maybe someone will find out that the lovely aroma that pine trees emit also correlates with PD... :-) Bill