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Audrey, I may be blowing in the wind, but I think PD is the result of a combination of factors. I don't have answers, just curiosity. Something is very different in PDers or everyone would have it(true, the line is getting longer). Consider genetic receptors, possibly genetic mutations, lowered immune systems, an individual's state of mind, traumas, certainly, as you mentioned, the environment. Has John ever mentioned whether any other employees have illnesses or have retired early for some medical reason? I certainly agree with your comment about the government recognizing trends but doing nothing about it. Agent orange is barely recognized, and what about Gulf War Syndrome? Maybe the question is: What do the non PDers, etc., have in them that protects them? Hopefully, the next news you get from your Aussie will be music to your ears! E of the headdress At 11:02 PM 12/5/2000 -0800, you wrote: >Ray and all, > >I have relatives in Illinois in the *corn* belt, one a nurse in a >hospital. She told me the incidence of cancer was disproportinate to the >amount of people living in the farm areas who had other illnesses. It >was being studied at that time by a state environmental team testing the >water and soil for pesticides. snip, snip