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At 11:48 PM 5/17/2004, you wrote: >KF, > I Don't think it is harmful to speculate as to the cause of PD I think that I had a genetic predisposition plus When I was a kid I was exposed exposed to a lot of Agricultural chemicals. You see my Mother had PD as did my grandfather. I look at the genetic predisposition was like calking a gun but the exposure to the chemicals was like pulling the trigger. Then the gun goes off >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > >--------------------------------- >Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn