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Maryse, Some Amish do now use pesticides, although no more than any other farmers. (And, as I said, none of the Amish I knew used pesticides. They just thought it was wrong to do so.) Also, many of these Amish farmers are returning to what we call "organic" farming, which for them traditionally has simply been the proper way of farming. Plus, only about ten per cent of Amish are farmers these days. These facts do not rule out pesticides as a cause of PD among Amish people, but it cannot explain why such a large percentage of Amish would have PD. Scott Scott E. Antes Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology PO Box 15200 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ________________________________________ From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of schild.m [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:21 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Amish got PD > They don't use electricity, but they do use pesticides? the article says most of the use pesticides maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn