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That's spooky because I'm preparing a paper with that conclusion but I go further and include all chemicals and drugs that are capable of crossing the blood brain barrier. I was up most of the night collating refe0rence material. The downside if the group presenting the findings below, and littleold me, are right, is that a cure is unlikely for those of us with PD today. The real and only cure is to identify the chemicals annd drugs which cause Parkinson's and withdraw them; as they did with DDT which was linked to Parkinsons, and was widely used through out the USA and Europe in the 50's and 60's. I'll probably include this in my paper, which I plan to send to Professor David Healy, but I think Dr. James Parkinson did an excellent observation of the condition, which he published in his, ' essay of the shaking palsy '. This was based on observing less than 10 persons. What he did not take into account was the impact of the industrial revolution - which was in it's 4th decade at the time of his essay. His observations were in/near his Practise, in Shorditch London. This is less than a mile NNE of the City of London gate called Bishopsgate The area in between was settled by the Huegenots, whose main occupation was silk making, Health and safety, were almost certainly not a consideration and I think that exposure to dyestuffs could have been a possible cause. To the East, is Clerkenwell, where the main industry was the manufacture of scientific intruments, therefore possibl cause/s are metals, acids and mercury. I think the item below is the best bit of news I'v read, in that it points a finger at the industry sector responsible for many ills; an industry that's presented distorted facts to meet it's objectives; an industry focussed on increasing sales & profits; an industry needing tighter regulation, etc...... apologies for typo's. happy new year to all. Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:24 AM Subject: Parkinson's research may lead to chemical causes Parkinson's research may lead to chemical causes Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.03.2006 Research on Parkinson's disease is converging toward a grim conclusion — that it is almost always an environmental illness, caused by pesticides and other industrial chemicals. Worse, it seems in some cases to result from long-term, low-dose exposure to multiple products, each of which may have been used within safety guidelines. This is the nightmare scenario of chemically induced disease. Scientists have long pointed out that the 80,000 or so industrial chemicals released into the environment have been certified as safe, based on short-term, one-at-a-time testing in animal labs. … Pesticide companies and government regulators defend the current practice of testing each chemical product in isolation, arguing that it's impossible to check out all the possible combinations that arise in the environment. True enough, but the Parkinson's findings suggest that a much more manageable task — examining the combined impact of pesticides routinely used together — is long overdue. Star Tribune of Minneapolis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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