Lee:
I hope you did not misundersatnd: The purpose of my note was not to inhibit
discussion. The idea really is that the cause of PD is unknown, and that
there are many contradictory pieces of evidence relating to the incidence
of PD.
K. F. Etzold cg Carline
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KF,
As PWP on a discussion group I feel we have a right to talk freely on
subjects such as neurotoxicity etc.
Leaving it up to scientists is what we're doing. I think most of us have
undergone tests, donated money or helped with fundraising etc. to encourage
this.
So KF let us keep discussing and I promise you we won't hinder any
research.
Lee (LW)
KF Etzold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
There have been a number of posts on the possible effect of pesticides on
the incidence of Parkinson's. Unfortunately the cause of PD is unknown.
While it is tempting to attribute the disease to a specific cause, the only
way to do this correctly is with painstaking statistical studies. The
corollary, of course, is that if the cause was known a cure could be
found or at least the disease could be avoided. As an example: Exposure to
pesticides causes PD? Maybe yes maybe no. What connects the two? It would
seem that if there is truly a causal relation the incidence of PD would be
much higher.
Similarly, there have been suggestions of Head Trauma causes PD (Mohammed
Ali), and discussions on the list by those who have had trauma and PD. What
about those that have had trauma but no PD? Then there is the historical
incidence of PD before pesticides were used.The point is nobody really
knows the cause of PD and therefore it is essentially impossible to
speculate on causes. It can be wasteful and diluting any effort toward a
cure to latch onto a cause and try to establish a correlation. The example
is Electromagnetic (EM) radiation from power lines. A huge effort has
resulted in no correlation with any disease but it has resulted in a
terrible waste of valuable resources. Just as in PD, clusters have been
found but no cause and effect.
The purpose of this note is to warn about jumping to conclusions, let the
scientists do their work, and hopefully an answer will emerge. The purpose
is also to state that statistics are the only way to get a handle on
diseases such as PD, even though some will argue that you can prove
anything with statistics especially when the result is not to their liking.
K. F. Etzold CG Carline
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