How about unhealthy herbicides, insecticides and fungicides? Here in the states the highest incidence of breast cancer is in farmer's wives. ---------- Mary Ann www.bentwillowfarm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "schild.m" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:24 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [occ-env-med-l] NYT: Parkinson's & TCE debate >> So in the case of >> TCE or insecticides establishing a causal connection between those >> chemicals and a specific disease is difficult and usually very tedious. > > > In France a farm worker with young onset PD got it approved as an > occupational > disease.. All statistics show an increase of PD ( and some other > neurological > diseases) in rural areas. Could it be due to the healthy outdoor life? > maryse > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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