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At 10:21 PM 2/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >My grandfather and my mother had PD before there was Sinemet and they went >through Hell on earth. Their doctors knew very little about PD and >weren't very helpful.When I Think about triggers I think about DDT and >other chemicals that were used on apple crop[s in the 1950s. I remember >one time when i was about 12 i had the job oif painting the inside of my >grandfather's spray rig with red lead paint. Inside of that spray rig >there were tesidual amounts of all the chemicals that were used in those >days. It took me most of a day to complete the job. After i finished, my >grandmother paoid me $12. My grandfather would breathe those chemicals >evey time he sprayed his crops. He never wore a mask or any protection. I think that the predisposition for PD was inherited but i had adequate triggers. Yours and His David L. Moreland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn