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California PD Registry Bill Gets First Hearing Tommorow - We Need Your Voice Hi Everyone, The first hearing on AB2248, which would establish a state Parkinson's disease registry in California, will take place tomorrow in the Assembly Health Committee in Sacramento. If passed by the legislature, it will put important new tools in the hands of scientists that will enable them to tell for the first time the number of PWP in the country, whether incidence of the disease is increasing, whether age of onset is decreasing, and will give them vital information regarding suspected links between PD and exposure to chemicals and other envitronmental toxins. Dr. William Langston and Dr. Caroline Tanner of the Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale have said such a registry is the next step in unlocking the mysteries and finding a cure for our disease. The bill has the endorsement of the Parkinson's Institute, The Michael J, Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, several large support group networks such as the Penninsula Parkinson's Support Group Network, the Sacramento Valley Parkinson's Association, the Sonoma County Parkinson's Association, and the Southern California Office of the APDA. And the endorsements are just beginning to roll in. If you can attend the hearing on such short notice, we would love to see you there. But perhaps more importantly, we need faxes and phone calls supporting the Registry to pour in before the hearing begins tommorrow at 1:30. You can fax the Health committee at Fax 916 319-2197, or you can call the Committee Staff to express your support at Tel 916 - 319-2097. It only takes a few minutes - but it could reduce the time-line to a cure by years. Thanks for your support of this vital measure. And if you can, pass this email to those on your individual email lists. Sincerely, Greg Wasson AJ Campbell 707 291 1447 Greg Wasson <[log in to unmask]> * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn